Minyard Quotes & Sayings

It's not the world that's cruel. It's the people in it. — Nora Sakavic

Andrew had nearly killed four men for assaulting Nicky and would have broken Allison's neck for hitting Aaron, but when it came to crimes against his own person Andrew couldn't care less. He held his life in less regard than he did anything else. Neil hated that with a ferocity that was nauseating. — Nora Sakavic

Give your back to me. — Nora Sakavic

You are a most effective killer, Michel. Is it true you wept like a child when they killed your sister? That you cried out in agony as if the sword had pierced your own heart? Such compassion. Does your handiwork not bring you to tears as well? — P.A. Minyard

For me, there is only one means of ensuring that I do not lose respect for myself: constant criticism. — Christian Morgenstern

What I've learned is that life is a balance between idealism and realism. — Peter Hook

So my grandmother was not without humanity. and if she wore cocktail dresses when she labored in the garden, they were cocktail dresses she no longer intended to wear to cocktail parties. even in her rose garden she did not want to appear underdressed. if the dresses got too dirty from gardening, she threw them out. when my mother suggested to her that she might have them cleaned, my grandmother said, "what? and have those people at the cleaners what i was doing in a dress to make it that dirty?"
from my grandmother i learned that logic is relative. — John Irving

I was learning the hard way that the gospel alone can free us from our addiction to being liked - that Jesus measured up for us so that we wouldn't have to live under the enslaving pressure of measuring up for others. — Tullian Tchividjian

Love isn't something you take from one to give to another. Love is to be shared among all; the more people we have in our family, the more love there will be to share. — P.A. Minyard

If you can hear the birds singing, you're in the right place — Benny Bellamacina

We have been lost to each other for so long. My name means nothing to you. My memory is dust. This is not your fault, or mine. The chain connecting mother to daughter was broken and the word passed to the keeping of men, who had no way of knowing. — Anita Diamant

The worst thing: to give yourself away in exchange for not enough love. — Joyce Carol Oates

Anytime the Foxes mentioned Andrew's upcoming sobriety or Andrew's name popped up in write-ups on the team's performance at games, the focus was on what a danger he was. People talked about his trial and how it saved them from Andrew. No one said what they were doing to save Andrew from himself. — Nora Sakavic

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read — Thomas Babington Macaulay

Evil is just . . . so harsh. I prefer ethically unfettered. — Jessica Minyard

Reputation is what others perceive you as being, and their opinion may be right or wrong. Character, however, is what you really are, and nobody truly knows that but you. But you are what matters most. — John Wooden

Fear forces you to attend to matters with the utmost grace and concentration. — P.A. Minyard

If there is but one God, then why must blood be shed to prove whose God he is? Does the Father not belong to all of us as we belong to him? Do you think he'll call me a righteous man when I've killed one of his sons? — P.A. Minyard

If you have to keep asking - I'll answer it as many times as you ask. But this is always going to be yes."
"Don't 'always' me. — Nora Sakavic

For knowledge to become wisdom, and for the soul to grow, the soul must be rooted in God: and it is through prayer that there comes to us that which is the strength of our strength, and the virtue of our virtue, the Holy Spirit. — William Mountford

Andrew kissed him like this was a fight with their lives on the line, like his world stopped and started with Neil's mouth. — Nora Sakavic

Is your learning curve a horizontal line? — Nora Sakavic

If it means losing you, then no — Nora Sakavic

Andrew was watching him, still perched on the edge like he had a death wish. Neil wasn't sure why he did it, but he plucked Andrew's cigarette off the sidewalk and stuck it between his lips. He tipped his head to meet Andrew's unwavering gaze and tapped two fingers to his temple in Andrew's mocking salute. — Nora Sakavic

You are a Fox. You are always going to be nothing. — Nora Sakavic

The Constitution does not demand that you or I buy anything. — Mike Conaway

Honesty suited Andrew because he was an instigator at heart and his opinions were often unpopular. — Nora Sakavic

Everything we go through, the good and the bad, make us who we are; why would I want to be anyone else? — P.A. Minyard

The greatest creative power you have on earth ... is to help others. To ease pain and give joy are your finest powers. Kindness is a human miracle. — Anne Rice