Llanakila Quotes & Sayings

The importance not just of history, but of roots - that a writer must have then to nurture, to remember if he is to endure. — F. Sionil Jose

I feel discouraged and disappointed. I certainly thought that if God really loved me, and I really loved Him, I should find myself growing better day by day. But I am not improved in the least. — Elisabeth Prentiss

And God knows we are sensitive to the suffering that has sometimes broken loose to come billowing forth from your appendages like the pungent vapors of whales - often it appears that in this life of experience and accommodation we pay just as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats. But Sissy ... hold on! — Jack London

12Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. — Anonymous

Such is the tragedy of girls and women who by the strictures of their upbringing and culture cannot own up to their body's desires, even to themselves. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

I don't know if the record is going to happen. I don't really think about the record. There are other things I worry about. — Barry Bonds

I signed a deal with Satan because I wanted to get famous. Then I forgot I had a deal with Satan and then I got really famous. — Roseanne Barr

There is not a more dangerous experiment than to place property in the hands of one class, and political power in those of another ... If property cannot retain the political power, the political power will draw after it the property. — Daniel Webster

People usually seek to join a religious system in order to gain the eternal bliss and freedom of the soul. But belonging somewhere; anywhere is not freedom. Free is the wind. You need to become the wind, not wanting to know how and why, but only to experience this quality of freedom that leads to the original "religion". There the soul is finally ONE and aligned with anything. — Grigoris Deoudis

What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance. — Havelock Ellis

Words are important. Words shaper our perceptions. When they define, they can also distort. There is a far better way to describe this man whose face is the most human face of all. Jesus is beautiful. — John Eldredge

People ask what I really did in the three years between 'The Dreaming' and 'Hounds of Love.' I spent it with my family, living a normal home life. — Kate Bush

If you text 'I love you' and the person writes back an emoji - no matter what that emoji is, they don't love you back. — Chelsea Peretti