Jude Jacob Quotes & Sayings

Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe. — Maria Mitchell

The point is, that the function of the novel seems to be changing; it has become an outpost of journalism; we read novels for information about areas of life we don't know - Nigeria, South Africa, the American army, a coal-mining village, coteries in Chelsea, etc. We read to find out what is going on. One novel in five hundred or a thousand has the quality a novel should have to make it a novel - the quality of philosophy. — Doris Lessing

Gamache wondered how low the bar was set when all a man had to do to attract a woman was not smell like decomposing bears. — Louise Penny

Why are you smiling?" Amarissa had to ask.
Deandre smiled even harder. "Because I love you. — Aishabella Sheikh

Honesty matters. Vulnerability matters. Being open about who you were at a moment in time when you were in a difficult or an impossible place matters more than anything. Having a place the story starts and a place it's going, that's important. Telling your story as honestly as you can and leaving out the things you don't need, that's vital. — Neil Gaiman

At some point we all have to move on. Im here to create some kind of legacy in Brooklyn. — Paul Pierce

Society has wrongly driven the concept of immorality down to only the most debased and despicable behaviors imaginable. Immorality is not subjective; it is anything that transgresses God's Word. Our mind, mouth and body are instruments of either immorality or Godliness. Why argue over the relatively few unclear issues in God's Word while regularly doing what He clearly prohibits? — William Branks

Would you like some wine, or would you prefer to yell at me for a little longer?" asked the Beast pleasantly. "I could leave, if you prefer, but I generally hold that those who leave the room when you wish to yell at them are among the most despicable of beings. — T. Kingfisher

for Isaac was neither afraid nor terrified, but of his own accord obeyed his father and God. For not terror but spontaneous obedience and fortitude should be attributed to the saints. For fear signifies that sin is ruling, and sin was not ruling in Isaac, but an obedient spirit. Although the flesh fought back, nevertheless the spirit, which subjected the flesh to itself, conquered and gained dominion. But — Martin Luther

There is a marvelous turn and trick to British arrogance; its apparent unconsciousness makes it twice as effectual. — Catherine Drinker Bowen

It's this that is inside me. I feel its need to rip, to tear, and to shred with teeth and claw. — Darrick Mackey