Machiko Shimizu Quotes & Sayings

The happiest people I know are not those who find their golden ticket; they are those who, while in pursuit of worthy goals, discover and treasure the beauty and sweetness of the everyday moments. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

The saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church's history. — Pope John Paul II

He registered a dizzy 7.6 mmv over Brodmann 32, the area of abstractive activity. Since that time I have learned that a reading over 6 generally means that a person has so abstracted himself from himself and from the world around him, seeing things as theories and himself as a shadow, that he cannot, so to speak, reenter the lovely ordinary world. Such a person, and there are millions, is destined to haunt the human condition like the Flying Dutchman. — Walker Percy

To trust the God of the Bible is to trust an irascible, vindictive, fierce and ever fickle and changeful master. — Mark Twain

Oh love! You are like a light bulb in my life.
I am in deep darkness without you. — Debasish Mridha

life's worst experiences can be valuable gifts. — Mia Sheridan

Isn't it weird how people grow up when you're not looking? — Ann Benjamin

You want to get your book to press. You rush it through. Revision number twenty - done. Do you really need twenty more? Yes. A half-baked book is a half-birthed child. It aborts, is put on life support; reviewers line the hall to pull the plug. — Chila Woychik

Yes," said Queen Lucy. "In our world too, a stable once had something inside it that was bigger than our whole world. — C.S. Lewis

As a reader, I happen to like turning pages and wanting to know what happens next. — Tracy Chevalier