Gemmens Quotes & Sayings

Duty to his wife. Duty to his children. Duty to work, to committees, to charities. Duty to Lynette. Duty to the other women. It was exhausting. It demanded stamina. At times he amazed even himself. — Richard Flanagan

The Bible is the only Book in the world that predicts the future. The Bible is more modern than tomorrow morning's newspaper. — Billy Graham

If you seek a teacher, try to become a real student. If you want to be a student, try to find a real teacher. — Idries Shah

The emotion I'd held back for years assaulted me with staggering intensity. Everything. All of it. I cried for Clay, for the lost years with Courtney, but most of all for myself and the cowardly person I'd become. They were right. I was a shell of who I used to be and lived a lonely little life. I'd been certain that protecting my heart had been the right way to go. That Courtney and I didn't mix in the long term. That love was not for me. I'd been wrong on all counts. — Melissa Brayden

state's position on the map is the first thing that defines it, more than its governing philosophy even. — Robert D. Kaplan

It's weird that you have to work really, really hard just to be real or normal. Everybody's got their different techniques, but what makes a really good actor is somebody who's really believable. — Scoot McNairy