Lithobolia Quotes & Sayings

Community as belonging ...
Each person with his or her history of being accepted or rejected, with his or her past history of inner pain and difficulties in relationships with parents, is different. But in each one there is a yearning for communion and belonging, but at the same time a fear of it. Love is what we want, yet it is what we fear the most. Love makes us vulnerable and open, but then we can be hurt through rejection and separation. We may crave for love, but then be frightened of losing our liberty and creativity. We want to belong to a group, but we fear a certain death in the group because we may not be seen as unique. We want love, but fear the dependence and commitment it implies; we fear being used, manipulated, smothered and spoiled. We are all so ambivalent toward love, communion and belonging. — Jean Vanier

If you believe in yourself, things are possible. — Shannon MacMillan

Today, many people are engaging in same sex relationships and saying they are not gay. — Pam Grier

In art, as long as you have ideas and think, you are bound to deform nature. Art is deformation. — Fernando Botero

Aral the Jack, formerly the noble Aral Kingslayer, is the best kind of hero. — Alex Bledsoe

A long mission was ahead of them, and no one wanted to get on anyone else's nerves with unnecessary chatter. — Allen Steele

I directed one of my shorts that did festivals around the world, and that was great. I've got a bit of a bug for that now. I just hope I keep challenging myself and keep doing stuff that interests me with people who I respect and who teach me stuff. If I can keep doing that in anything - acting, writing, directing or whatever - I'll do it because life is short. — Josh Lawson

The resurrection is our great hope. — Billy Graham

Reading The Alchemist was like getting up at dawn and seeing the sun rise while the rest of the world still slept. — Paulo Coelho

Jones's crime was "lithobolia" - hurling stones supernaturally. — Malcolm Gaskill

Though we are perpetually bragging of it [the middle class] as our safety, it is nothing but a poor fringe on the mantle of the upper class. — Charles Dickens

There are so many lessons in life that can be learned through golf. I am not afraid to say that I am still learning some of them and probably will continue for some time. — Paula Creamer

People don't know to make a leaf, but they know how to destroy one. — Hope Jahren