Merqua Quotes & Sayings

In our prayer and meditation we hope for fulfilling ordinary life. — Thomas Moore

Human nature is what we were put on this earth to rise above. K. Hepburn in The African Queen — Jan Karon

Shit spews from your lips as from the ass of a pig. — Brom

Simple, common gestures can also unconsciously influence our thoughts and feelings. — Daniel Kahneman

We all want to feel spiritually vigorous, and we hurt when we don't. This pain is intensified for people who lead church ministries. — John Ortberg

We all went through that teen phase of wearing that really soft fragrance. As I got older, I started loving men's fragrances and cologne. I was so attracted to men's cologne; I would spray it all over me. — John Slattery

The ear doctor smiled reassuringly and spoke the lie for which doctors should be immediately jailed (time of incarceration to be doubled when the lie is told to a child): Relax, Stevie, this won't hurt. — Stephen King

Crime dramas will never go away as long as people turn to television for, among other things, reassurance and comfort. — Tom Shales

He thought Mabel would cry, and he wanted to be anywhere else. It was wrong and cowardly, and he'd done it before
when Mabel lost the baby and shook with grief ... But it was like the need to take a breath. The urge was too strong, and without saying another word, Jack left the cabin. — Eowyn Ivey

I do have health insurance (don't fine me, [Barack] Obama!). And while we agree that career is important, my mother has an AOL email address and shares articles she finds interesting on Facebook by screen shotting and posting a picture of them. So, if mother doesn't understand links, she's not going to understand what I do for a living. I'm confident in my current career trajectory, so this will be another Mother's Day disappointment. — Kate Siegel

The fathers have eaten sour grapes and the children's teeth have been set on edge. — Andrew Garve

Shoot, boy, the country's just fulla folks what knows everything, and don't understand nothing, just fullofem. — Truman Capote

The first thing I saw was a handsome stranger. He was leaning over me and I luxuriated in his cool, radiantly blue eyes, glittering like diamonds.
How could someone be so perfect?
Drops of water glistened on his dark hair. There was a small dimple on his chin, covered with light stubble that lent his otherwise stern face a boyish attitude. I realised I was losing myself in his gaze — A.O. Esther