Jessica And Jake Quotes & Sayings

You may not do well, necessarily, up front, and in order to be the best, you've got to work hard. — Michelle Rhee

God's ability to clean things up is infinitely greater than our ability to mess things up. — Tullian Tchividjian

A person who says "it's your decision" is informing you that your decision sucks. — Deb Caletti

We are only living truly human lives just so far as we are labouring to keep God's commandments; no further. — J.I. Packer

Dream Song 90: Op. posth. no. 13

In the night-reaches dreamed he of better graces,
of liberations, and beloved faces,
such as now ere dawn he sings.
It would not be easy, accustomed to these things,
to give up the old world, but he could try;
let it all rest, have a good cry.

Let Randall rest, whom your self-torturing
cannot restore one instant's good to, rest:
he's left us now.
The panic died and in the panic's dying
so did my old friend. I am headed west
also, also, somehow.

In the chambers of the end we'll meet again
I will say Randall, he'll say Pussycat
and all will be as before
whenas we sought, among the beloved faces,
eminence and were dissatisfied with that
and needed more. — John Berryman

You're a wrestler, right, Jake?" Dad asked, passing Jake more saag. My parents were in an Indian food phase. The evening's entree consisted of limp spinach. God forbid we'd throw a few burgers on the grill and just have a barbecue when guests came over.
Jake gave the bright green, mushy contents a wary glance but accepted the bowl. "Yeah. I wrestle. I'm captain this year."
"How Greco-Roman of you," Lucius said dryly, lifting a glob of spinach and letting it drip, slowly, from his fork. "Grappling about on mats. — Beth Fantaskey

No institution which does not continually test its ideals, techniques and measure of accomplishment can claim real vitality. — John Milton