Manacapuru Quotes & Sayings

"Father Peregrine, won't you ever be serious?"

"Not until the good Lord is. Oh, don't look so terribly shocked, please. The Lord is not serious. In fact, it is a little hard to know just what else He is except loving. And love has to do with humor, doesn't it? For you cannot love someone unless you put up with him, can you? And you cannot put up with someone constantly unless you can laugh at him. Isn't that true? And certainly we are ridiculous little animals wallowing in the fudge bowl, and God must love us all the more because we appeal to His humor."

"I never thought of God as humorous," said Father Stone.

"The Creator of the platypus, the camel, the ostrich, and man?" Oh, come now!" Father Peregrine laughed.

Ray Bradbury, The Illustrated Man — Ray Bradury

The last day of the war provided chilling closure. The ending, in its ferocity, bloodiness, and uselessness, contained the entire war in microcosm. The fighting went on for the hollowest of reasons: no one knew how to stop it. — Joseph E. Persico

A lot of the evil in the world is actually not intentional. A lot of people in the financial system did a lot of damage without intending to. — George Soros

I do know that God created us equal and we're not living up to it. — Jayne Mansfield

Read. Learn. Write. Travel. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Ronan's second secret was Adam Parrish. — Maggie Stiefvater

As a rule we perceive what we expect to perceive ... The unexpected is usually not received at all. — Peter Drucker

If you have ever felt hopeless hang on The night you're enduring may seem long but there is joy coming in the morning. Incredible changes are going to take place in your life as you begin to relinquish your past and renew your present. — Sue Augustine

You had me at fruit pies — Bobby Hill

Drop. Your weapon. And. Come quietly," said a robotic voice.

"Kiss. My ass," said Zita, mocking the robot's tone. — Ash Gray

Science is a kind of worship to find the truth. — Debasish Mridha

When I was in high school, I liked to pretend that I was a Russian foreign exchange student. I would do things like go into a pizza restaurant and tell them I'd never had pizza before, and they'd bring me into the kitchen and show me how to make an American pizza. It's really fun. — Misha Collins