Jpegmafia Quotes & Sayings

Without any appeal to books, to laws, or to authorities of any kind, it was enough to accept God as a father, to regard slavery as a crime. I — Frederick Douglass

Jesus Christ is not a security from storms. He is the perfect security in storms — Kathy Troccoli

As we pass one step, and as we recognize it as being behind us, the next one already rises up before us. By the time we learn everything, we slowly come to understand it. And while you come to understand everything gradually, you don't remain idle at any moment: you are already attending to your new business; you live, you act, you move, you fulfill the new requirements of every new step of development. If, on the other hand, there were no schedule, no gradual enlightenment, if all the knowledge descended on you at once right there in one spot, then it's possible neither your brains nor your heart could bear it. — Imre Kertesz

A diploma only proves that you know how to look up answers. — Solomon Short

Going to art class?" James asked, taking a few steps toward her. "You took art two semesters in a row?" "Well, I can't play an instrument, so it was either art of band," Mandy said, laughing lightly. "There aren't a lot of electives to choose from." "You don't want to be a band geek anyway," James teased. "That will ruin your reputation forever. — Lily Harper Hart

The deeper I went into the valley, the greater the rewards. First, it was a clump of birches, the bottoms wrapped in thick fog, the uppermost branches clear now, nesting birds waking with bright-eyed songs. Next, I passed under the pines, browned needles underfoot, and was transported to the quiet moments of rapture under such branches throughout my life. The last, and worth all other gifts combined, was that moment when the valley inhaled, taking with it the fog. In its place, so close to where I was standing, there they were, the year's first flowers, the pure white snowdrops springing from the dark-green foliage under the elms. It was as if the clouds were swept in an instant from the sky leaving only the quiet delicacy of the stars. — Megan Rich

If you go out with a girl and they say she has a great personality, she's ugly. If they tell you a guy works hard, he can't play a lick. Same thing. — Charles Barkley

You say the nicest things,' Myrnin said. He was slurring his words, and he threw an arm around Oliver's neck. 'Marry me.' 'Exactly what part of the brain did that bullet hit?' Shane asked, hovering on the edge of manic laughter. Oliver sighed. 'He means carry me. And no. I won't. — Rachel Caine

I'd storm heaven for you, if I knew where it was. — Lois McMaster Bujold

[N]or should you move so fast! The works of God do not proceed in that way; they come about of themselves, and those He does not create soon perish. — Vincent De Paul

You can be fat and still be sexy . It all depends on how you feel about yourself — Elizabeth Taylor