Handsomely Thesaurus Quotes & Sayings

One of the most pernicious errors that has gotten abroad in the Christian community is the error of sentimentalism - the view that evil is to be evaded, rather than the more robust Christian view that it is to be conquered. The Christian believes that evil is there to be fought, the dragon is there to be slain. The sentimentalist believes that evil is to be resented. — Douglas Wilson

Wounds heal. Scars fade. Awful memories can be overwritten with better ones if given the chance. The little imperfections of our psyches become overshadowed by the people whose love we cherish because they cherish us despite our faults; physical, emotional, spiritual, or otherwise. This thing we call the human condition with all its bittersweet blind corners and senseless humor evolves from within ourselves and not because of some pre-ordained reverie we desire to cast in the constellations.
All in all it is what makes life worth living. — August Clearwing

She never acted as if she liked him all that much, but then she never acted as if she liked anyone all that much. — John Green

It was his goatee that annoyed her the most. Men should either be clean shaven, mustached or wear full beards. — Margaret Mitchell

Just as we accumulate memories of facts by integrating them into a network, we accumulate life experiences by integrating them into a web of other chronological memories. The denser the web, the denser the experience of time. — Joshua Foer

Don't tell me how you hate your new foster home. If they're not beating you, consider yourself lucky. — Janet Fitch

Um ... I am the ghoooooost of your dauuuuuuuughter! My spirit haunts the earthly realm! I shall never be at peace ... unless I have these jeans. Don't ask questions! Toodle-oooooooooooo. — Tamara Summers

He was trying to fit this Herakles onto the one he knew. — Anne Carson

He took her into his arms again, using all his strength to be gentle, and let his lips touch hers so lightly he could hardly feel it. — Morgan Llywelyn

For every expert there is an equal and opposite expert. — Jasper Fforde

My memory of the event stops at this point, like a scene that is held in the eye in the moments after a lamp is turned out. I can recall the burnished surface of the river flowing by, the rotations of birdsong from the trees behind us, and the imprint of my father's fingers on my forehead where he had brushed away my hair. But of my father I remember nothing save an impression of his lean body, perched on a rock, in white featureless silhouette as if his image had been carefully cut from a photograph. the image stays with me still.
"Do you understand?" the silhouette says.
I nod and say nothing. (pg 43) — John Sinclair