Mcelheny Associates Quotes & Sayings

There was no necessity for either to have the last word. For the first word became the only word of their romantic conversation. — David Paul Kirkpatrick

Somewhere within sight of the tree of poetry that is eternity wearing the green leaves of time . — R.S. Thomas

What helps luck is a habit of watching for opportunities, of having a patient but restless mind, of sacrificing one's ease or vanity, or uniting a love of detail to foresight, and of passing through hard times bravely and cheerfully. — Victor Cherbuliez

It is not necessary to be strong in every place if in the place you are vulnerable, you are loved. — Robert Breault

Everything ungirt, artless, ardent, urgent about Louie was to the fore: all over herself she gave the impression of twisted stockings. — Elizabeth Bowen

Granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, — Thomas Jefferson

I just can't stop Francesca. I do not know how to walk away from you. — D.C. Gambel

That was a good fight back in the gym," he said.
"But I think you could benefit from a few more boxing
lessons. — Becca Fitzpatrick

All the persons of faith I know are sinners, doubters, uneven performers. We are secure not because we are sure of ourselves but because we trust that God is sure of us. — Eugene H. Peterson

The rain accompanied Faolan as he travelled inland to the crossroads where he must at last make a choice of ways. He tried to fix his mind on the decision ahead, but thoughts of Deord intruded: Deord strong and serene as guard to a solitary, gifted captive; Deord devoting all he had left, after Breakstone, to keeping that wrongly imprisoned man safe from his own brother and from himself. Deord, at the end, fighting one last, heroic battle and dying so Faolan and Ana and the remarkable Drustan could go free. — Juliet Marillier

I tried to write what I remembered of the day. It sounded terrible and noble all at once. But it wasn't any of those things. — Richard Flanagan

They were upon their great theme: "When I get to be a man!" Being human, though boys, they considered their present estate too commonplace to be dwelt upon. So, when the old men gather, they say: "When I was a boy!" It really is the land of nowadays that we never discover. — Booth Tarkington

But you could, if you were wrong and if you had a crooked heart, forget this most obvious and endearing thing and instead speak of a time you were all alone, in the country, with no one wanting a thing from you, not even love. You could say that was your happiest time. And if you did this then telling about this happiest of times would cause the person you most want to be happy to be unhappy. — Jenny Offill