Frangerencenet Quotes & Sayings

It might be true that it is "quality time" that counts, but after a certain point quantity has a bearing on quality. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Hung Island, Georgia, — Robyn Peterman

A negative gesture. Little by little he began to get the coughing under control again. Mike was right; something was going to happen, and — Stephen King

Tortall and the Queens Riders! — Tamora Pierce

Disrespectful words cannot entirely be eaten, ever. Respect is a kind of Humpty Dumpty. All the king's horses can't put it all the way up again. — Charlotte Armstrong

Perspective is a gift nowadays. — Brian Solis

The wretch condemn'd with life to part,
Still, still on hope relies;
And every pang that rends the heart
Bids expectation rise. — Oliver Goldsmith

Smile at the Fates and you will feel less their Slave. — Denise Sevier Fries

I'm not somebody that keeps the thing in her heart. I can get very angry for five minutes, but then it's finished. Once I've yelled, it's over. — Marjane Satrapi

The Christian vocation is to be in prayer, in the Spirit, at the place where the world is in pain, and as we embrace that vocation, we discover it to be the way of following Christ, shaped according to his messianic vocation to the cross, with arms outstretched, holding on simultaneously to the pain of the world an to the love of God.

Paul, we should note carefully, is quite clear about one thing: as we embrace this vocation, the prayer is likely to be inarticulate. It does not have to be a thought-out analysis of the problem and the solution. It is likely to be simply a groan, a groan in which the Spirit of God, the Spirit of the crucified and risen Christ, groans within us, so that the achievement of the cross might be implemented afresh at that place of pain... — N. T. Wright

I think most Americans don't really care about politicians bickering in Washington. — Ted Cruz

Big worms that move through the sand like it's water." Roger's level arm went up and down in a smooth wave. "Or the big thing in Star Wars. What if we step down there and the sand just turns into a big pit with a mouth at the bottom?" "For the record, it's called a Sarlacc," Xela said. — Peter Clines