Kennette Benedict Quotes & Sayings

Into all our lives, in many simple, familiar, homely ways, God infuses this element of joy from the surprises of life, which unexpectedly brighten our days and fill our eyes with light. — Samuel Longfellow

All this [Soviet labor camp for political prisoners] brings about one marked change in your physical appearance; by the end of your first year, you will have what are known as 'zek's eyes.' The look in a zek's eyes is impossible to describe, but once encountered, it is never forgotten. When you emerge, your friends, embracing you, will exclaim: 'Your eyes! Your eyes have changed!' And not one of your tormentors will be able to bear your scrutiny. They will turn away from it, like beaten dogs. — Irina Ratushinskaya

It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning ... and let anything better come as a surprise. — Jules Verne

Every sunrise gives you reason to hope. Every darkness of night teaches you patience. — Debasish Mridha

That one with God is a majority. — Florence Scovel Shinn

Conventional psychiatry has emphasized the genetic roots of psychosis based on the claim that twin and other studies show that schizophrenia is 80% heritable, which means that 80% of the cause is genetic. — Richard Bentall

Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it. — Malcolm X

What a strange tune is this, that comes out of the music of Spring.
It seems like the tune of yellow leaves.
Spring has stored up its tears in secret for us all this while.
It was afraid we should not understand it, because we were so youthful.
It wanted to beguile us with smiles.
But we shall sleep our hearts tonight in the sadness of the other shore. — Rabindranath Tagore

You really are something else. How you try to look beyond what a person says and wehat a person does is something i'm really quite fond of, you know. — Wataru Watari

I'm going to make love to you, Lanie. I'm not your first, but I will be the last. — Flora Roberts

To show you all my scars, is not to tell you that this Dunya would always leave you wounded, and bruised, and on knees, but to show you that see, healing is always possible. Healing is easy. Healing is beautiful. — Khadija Rupa

We get to see it! January 1st, 2000! We get to see ... all those fundamentalist preachers having to do their backpedaling when the Armageddon doesn't occur. — David Cross

Wicked is not much worse than indiscreet. — John Donne

Prayer Releases All Your Eternal Resources — Priscilla Shirer