Fumbling Joe Quotes & Sayings

Only love can inspire us to sacrifice. — Sunday Adelaja

Somehow, when I wasn't looking, somehow because it's electronic mail, none of the basic grammar rules applied. — MaryJanice Davidson

Mystics were about as common as two-headed unicorns. The few who existed lived apart from the world of men, remaining untainted by influence and corruption. Having a wolf as her best friend demonstrated the sort of wisdom he appreciated. — Michael J. Sullivan

I thank Him for all the things He has both given and denied me, for only He knows what is best for me. — Elif Shafak

I wasn't the kind of kid like Spielberg or Lucas who knew to go to film school. I didn't know at 12 what I was going to do; it took me until I was about 23. I studied journalism in college, but after school, I got a job in public television and I never worked as a journalist for one moment. — Nancy Meyers

The Christian life is participation in the encounter of Christ with the world. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Privacy, in fact, was almost as desirable for physics as it was for sex. — Ursula K. Le Guin

The language of translation ought never to attract attention to itself. — John Hookham Frere

Bloody North," said Shev as she picked her way towards it and had a tentative drag at the ropes. "Even their bridges are shit."
"Their men are good," said Javre, clattering out with no fear whatsoever. "Far from subtle, but enthusiastic."
"Great," said Shev as she edged after, exchanging a mutually suspicious glance with a crow perched atop one of the posts. "Men. The one thing that interests me not at all."
"You should try them."
"I did. Once. Bloody useless. Like trying to have a conversation with someone who doesn't even speak your language, let alone understand the topic."
"Some are certainly more horizontally fluent than others."
"No. Just no. The hairiness, and the lumpiness, and the great big fumbling fingers and ... balls. I mean, balls. What's that about? That is one singularly unattractive piece of anatomy. That is just ... that is bad design, is what that is. — Joe Abercrombie

And if my present deeds are foolish in thy sight, it may be that a foolish judge arraigns my folly. — Sophocles

You possess other people's ... bodies."
He accepted that statement with a nod.
"Do you want to possess my body?"
"I want to do a lot of things to your body, but that's not one of them. — Becca Fitzpatrick

They'd put the anesthesia mask on him, and the next instant he was in the recovery room. It was a blackout so complete, it made him doubt the immortality of the soul. — Andrew Klavan

When the ending finally comes to me, I often have to backtrack and make the beginning point towards that ending. Other times, I know exactly what the ending will be before I begin, like with the story "A Brief Encounter With the Enemy." It was all about the ending - that's what motivated me. — Said Sayrafiezadeh

Perhaps you went to bed last night thinking about the overdue bills, the lack of finances, the problematic people and situations you have to face. This morning you woke up. Did you give thanks? If you didn't, it is probably because you forgot that when praise goes up, the blessings come down. That should be enough to inspire you to be thankful. — Iyanla Vanzant

There's a lot about discovering who you are and how difficult that is. And it never stops. — Libba Bray