Grace Reed Quotes & Sayings

The right thing to do is so easy to see when you're seventeen years old and don't have to make any big decisions. When you know that no matter what you do, someone will take care of you and fix everything. But when you're grown up, the world is not that black and white, and the right thing doesn't a tidy little arrow pointing to it. — Huntley Fitzpatrick

Grace Reed: the bride at every wedding, the corpse at every wake. — Huntley Fitzpatrick

The fatuous idea that a person can be holy by himself denies God the pleasure of saving sinners. God must therefore first take the sledge-hammer of the Law in His fists and smash the beast of self-righteousness and its brood of self-confidence, self wisdom, and self-help. When the conscience has been thoroughly frightened by the Law it welcomes the Gospel of grace with its message of a Savior Who came-not to break the bruised reed nor to quench the smoking flax-but to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted, and to grant forgiveness of sins to all the captives. — Martin Luther

It's a funny thing about suspicions, Mr. Wright. All too often, they're just vain hopes in disguise. — Tessa Dare

The ultra distance forgives injury, fatigue, bad form, and illness. A bear with determination will defeat a dreamy gazelle every time. — Scott Jurek

It's unbelievable, there's a book out attacking Gore, when he's the most unfortunate loser in political history. — Vincent Bugliosi

I whirled, fighting a wave of dizziness as I pointed at Sylvester and snapped, "Don't you 'October' me. He is my family . Even if you couldn't respect that, I don't understand how the hell you got Quentin to go along with you."
- Toby to Sylvester in reference to Tybalt. — Seanan McGuire

Africa should not again face isolation or stigmatisation based on ignorance and unrepresentative imagery. — Mo Ibrahim

And then I think of the Velvet Underground's doleful song "Jesus," from their third and least renowned or appreciated album. It is my favorite. "Jesus / Help me find my proper place / Help me in my weakness / 'Cause I'm falling out of grace." The only words in the song, repeated repeatedly, composed by Lou Reed, a Jew. You see, in the hour of darkness, it is easier to turn to the Son of God than to God Himself, for some reason. I'm not sure why. — Elizabeth Wurtzel

When I saw that combination of grace and power, the fast and the soft, the yin and the yang, that's what I'd been looking for. — Lou Reed

Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death. — Annie Lennox

I want you to be nice ... until it's time to not be nice. — Patrick Swayze

When I'm in meetings until 5am and then have to get up two hours later for filming, sometimes I ask myself 'why?' — Jackie Chan

If only we dind't have hearts we wouldn't know how sad it was. But we carry around these hearts ... which give us away. — Saul Bellow

I suppose I should start in the beginning - March 2010. No, that wasn't when I was born. It was when I began to live. Most people think I'm crazy - maybe I am. You see I began to live the day my life was taken away. Funny, I don't remember how it happened. I do know now, it never could've been stopped. — Aleatha Romig