Joslyn Davis Quotes & Sayings

People who say we are just preaching "extreme grace" must not understand how extremely gracious our Father is. — D.R. Silva

And I'm suppose to sit by while you date boys and fall in love with someone else, get married ... ?" His voice tightened. "And meanwhile, I'll die a little bit more every day, watching. — Cassandra Clare

Then climate is a great impediment to idle persons; we often resolve to give up the care of the weather, but still we regard the clouds and the rain. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Anyone who can read history with both hemispheres of the brain knows that a world comes to an end every instant
the waves of time leave washed up behind themselves only dry memories of a closed & petrified past
imperfect memory, itself already dying & autumnal. And every instant also gives birth to a world
despite the cavillings of philosophers & scientists whose bodies have grown numb
a present in which all impossibilities are renewed, where regret & premonition fade to nothing in one presential hologrammatical psychomantric gesture. — Hakim Bey

In a legitimate democracy, all have an equal say. — Joshua Emmet

Because that's what heaven is ... it's opening the door of a house in twilight and everyone you love is there. — Justin Cronin

We only live once, but once is enough if we do it right. Live your life with class, dignity, and style so that an exclamation, rather than a question mark signifies it! — Gary Ryan Blair

Because I'm not writing all the time (thank goodness), my mind is sometimes pleasantly blank. — Lydia Davis

You have to have that rare combination of thick skin and a tender heart. Most writers get it backward and have a tender skin and a thick heart ... Every critic, however ill-informed, represents a point of view which is likely not limited to just him ... Sometimes you will disagree with your critic, but you can always gain from him. — Douglas Wilson

I played with the best
conductors of the world. — Mstislav Rostropovich

I do hope nobody else here has any other surprises planned, because if you so much as think about harming one another, I will oblige them. This is neutral ground. Violators will be gruesomely and violently shown the error of their ways. Clear? — Rachel Caine

Since the security benefits of hegemony are enormous" in an anarchic system in which there is no world hegemon, "powerful states will invariably be tempted to emulate the United States and try to dominate their region of the world."15 — Robert D. Kaplan

Scraps of love
torn and tattered
faded, scattered
trashed
threads of hope
frayed and tangled
broken, mangled
dashed
backing, buttons
yarn and batting
quilted tenderly
wrapped up in
this warm repair
my patchwork family — Wendelin Van Draanen