Mark Batterson Grave Robber Quotes & Sayings

Philosophers have done wisely when they have told us to cultivate our reason rather than our feelings, for reason reconciles us to the daily things of existence; our feelings teach us to yearn after the far, the difficult, the unseen. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

It was too familiar to Cody. He placed his arms around his wife trying somehow to shelter her from the reality she was facing. There was another reason for his closeness; his desperation to show her he was not one of them, that the tribes of cruel men did not recognize him as one of their own, and to show his wife that his promise to create a safe place for her was a promise she need not fear would be broken. In the innermost part of him, from the secret child that lives within all men, was a scared cry, "Please don't think I'm bad too." From the other innermost part of him, the secret animal that prowls in some men was a raging wolf ready to kill. The battle line within the man had been drawn. The boundaries of faith rose up around the rage, warning the soul against righteous anger morphing to blood lust. — Lee Goff

In places where a loved one has died, time stops for eternity. If I stand on the very spot, one says to oneself, like a prayer, might I feel the pain he felt? They say that on a visit to an old castle or whatever, the history of the place, the presence of people who walked there many years ago, can be felt in the body. Before, when I heard things like that, I would think, what are they talking about? But i felt I understood it now. — Banana Yoshimoto

"A minority of one" ... the definition of insanity. — George Orwell

Any time you get a chance to do something different or get away from your appearance or get away from what people are used to seeing, I think it's always good. — Mark Consuelos

I realized the more fun I had, the more relaxed I was working, the better I worked. — Bill Murray

Vas happenin'!" ~ Zayn Malik — One Direction

Dreams are a scientific fact. — Robyn Hitchcock

Bridge is a game for the undivided intellect. — Shirley Jackson

He didn't take care of you; you had to take care of yourself. — Audrey Niffenegger

So Matilda's strong young mind continued to grow, nurtured by the voices of all those authors who had sent their books out into the world like ships on the sea. These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone. — Roald Dahl

When the trust is completely gone, it's completely gone. There are no words or deeds can refill that deep hole of mistrust. It will always become this massive canvas that appears on your mind time to time. — Euginia Herlihy

It's a sad state of affairs when we make fun of people for reading instead of making reading fun for people. — Jen Selinsky

Nothing Exposes our true self more than how we treat each other in the home. — Joseph B. Wirthlin