Lisbeth Salander Book Quotes & Sayings

And you had to do that in a thunderstorm pissing down like a camel? — Poppet

For in that sad yet happy hour, she had learned not only the bitterness of remorse and despair, but the sweetness of self-denial and self-control, and led by her mother's hand, she had drawn nearer to the Friend who always welcomes every child with a love stronger than that of any father, tenderer than that of any mother. — Louisa May Alcott

Prayer is subversive activity. It involves a more or less open act of defiance against any claim by the current regime ... [As we pray,] slowly but surely, not culture, not family, not government, not job, not even the tyrannous self can stand against the quiet power and creative influence of God's sovereignty. — Eugene H. Peterson

They use fear to control us, they control us to make us afraid. One more reason to be brave. — Luigina Sgarro

Waves tossed themselves against the shore, dragging grit and sand between their nails as they were slowly pulled back out to sea. — Holly Black

Thus dwelt together in love these simple Acadian farmers, - Dwelt in the love of God and of man. Alike were they free from Fear, that reigns with the tyrant, and envy, the vice of republics. Neither locks had they to their doors, nor bars to their windows; But their dwellings were open as day and the hearts of the owners; There the richest was poor, and the poorest lived in abundance. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Flying has always been to me this wonderful metaphor. In order to fly you have to trust what you can't see. Up on the mountain ridges where very few people have been I have thought back to what every flyer knows. That there is this special world in which we dwell that's not marked by boundaries, it's not a map. We're not hedged about with walls and desks. So often in an office the very worst thing that can happen is you could drop your pencil. Out there's a reminder that are a lot worse things, and a lot greater rewards. — Richard Bach

Paganism, it turns out, was the original Icelandic religion before a mass conversion in the year 1000. That was largely seen as a business decision, and Icelanders have never been particularly good Christians. They attend church if someone is born or wed or dies, but otherwise they are, as one Icelander put it, "atheists with good intentions. — Eric Weiner

I've been touring for so long, I've kind of honed into exactly what I am, I'm an artist so if you like it, you like it, if you don't you don't, you know? — Paul McDonald

If you would understand your own age, read the works of fiction produced in it. People in disguise speak freely. — Arthur Helps

You're not as invisible as you think. — C.J. Duggan

You keep us alive, and I'll keep you on two feet.
- Bellamy Blake — Kass Morgan

God works all things together for good. You were created for a purpose. God has a plan for your life. — Renee Swope

An arresting testimony to the haunting power of friendships, THE AFTER GIRLS is a story that understands what it is to be passionate, confused, and on the brink. I loved every resonant word. — Micol Ostow