Lectionary 2020 Quotes & Sayings

The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting. — Peter Kreeft

To live is not enough; we must take part. — Pablo Casals

Why are you bringing these things up?" I asked softly.
[ ... ]
Serena still wore that cold smile ... Then, without warning, her face fell and she sighed heavily.
"I'm saying all these things, Amelia, because you're my bestie."
Serena's tone was sincere, but it made me scowl at her. The last time she'd called me "bestie," she'd shoved me over the guardrail of a suspension bridge. That kind of thing could really take the shine out of a word. — Tara Hudson

Respectable Protestant denominations retreated inside...leaving...unaffiliated madwomen to evangelize alfresco... — Sara Miles

As in everything, nature is the best instructor. — Adolf Hitler

A small stream ... sings a carefree song as it runs by your house. It is so nonthreatening that you can sit by it, look at your reflection in the water, and even wash your hands in it. It is yours, your personal stream. Yet you know that it has originated in the sea and is on its way back to where it has come from. When passing by your house, however, it is yours. You can say it is a personal moment you have torn out of eternity to keep in your pocket for yourself. — Fatemeh Keshavarz

I wasn't intentionally trying to create my own path or be original, it was just I needed to say certain things and I needed to express myself, and that's how it came out. — Emeli Sande

Men aren't asked about their children. — Julianne Moore

Miles," I say with a smile, "you're looking at me like you fell in love with me." He shakes his head. "I didn't fall in love with you, Tate. I flew." He — Colleen Hoover

Teach and practice, practice and teach - that is all we have; that is all we are good for; that is all we ever ought to do. — Ernest Holmes