Les Nourritures Terrestres Quotes & Sayings

When did we start believing that God wants to send us to safe places to do easy things? That faithfulness is holding the fort? That playing it safe is safe? That there is any greater privilege than sacrifice? That radical is anything but normal? Jesus didn't die to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous. — Mark Batterson

Whether we are at Cafe Gratitude or Carl's Jr, whether we are in a cathedral or in a nightclub, whether we are inside of a mosque or on the metro, every single moment is a sacred moment. A moment far too important for us to miss.

When we miss the people and the experiences and the feelings of our lives, we miss God. We don't get to know the joy of seeing God show up in the world. More profoundly, we don't get to participate in the wonder of God showing up in the world. — Stephen Lovegrove

If these pages are thick with death, think of the battlefield. Corpses in different stages of decay, the slowly dying, moments of death exist around you everywhere. Who are you? You are among the living, but can you be certain? — Susan Griffin

You got to do what's happening today in the world. You got to keep up with time. Keep up to date, keep modern - keep up on your toes! — Jack LaLanne

It is sort of boring to stay in the same spot. You know, I didn't set out to become the first to do this, the first to do that. It was just that my interests were so diversified. — Barbra Streisand

Pimpin' ain't dead 'cause I be the life line. — Lil' Wayne

I wanted to see if I could pick up some of those sticker badges you give out to kids. I like to give Jay a hard time about his little man-crush on you."
Her uncle's laugh filled his cramped office. "You're terrible, Vi. You act more like your aunt Kat every day. Has she been giving you lessons?" But he was already reaching into his desk drawer and pulling out a stack of the foil stickers. He slid them across the desk. "How's he ever gonna stop being so jumpy around me if you don't stop teasing him?"
This time Violet's smile was genuine. "Give him time, Uncle Stephen; he'll relax. He's just grateful, that's all. — Kimberly Derting

Those that say they can and those that say they can't are probably both correct. — Anonymous

It was an odd bit of doggerel. First the flame and then the flood, in the end it's Blackthorn blood. — Cassandra Clare

Second, and far more important: tuck your chin. You're going to get hurt, so expect it and be ready. You may as well see it coming. — Elizabeth Haydon

I've seen George Foreman shadow boxing, and the shadow won. — Muhammad Ali

Whether they knew of didn't know is not the main issue; the main issue is whether a man is innocent because he didn't know. ( ... ) by beating himself on the chest and proclaiming, "My conscience is clear! I did not know! I was a believer!" Isn't his "I did not know I was a believer!" at the very root of his irreparable guilt? — Milan Kundera

I want this beast to savage me, to hurt me while taking me to the apex of pleasure. — Nina G. Jones

When you truly love someone, you don't want anything except giving everything you have. — Debasish Mridha