Monica In Confessions Quotes & Sayings

Aidan's hands itched to strangle the woman. He had known Marie from the moment of her birth - sixty two years ago - and they had never exchanged a cross word. And he suddenly wanted to strangle her. He should have ripped Ivan's throat out. Flowers. Why hadn't he thought of flowers? Why hadn't Marie mentioned it to him first? Why had she accepted them? Whose side was she on, anyway? Flowers! He had the urge to rip those petals off one by one.
"Look," Marie cooed, "he even had the thorns removed so you wouldn't hurt yourself. What a thoughtful man."
"What time did you tell the police we would see them?" Aidan interrupted, afraid that if he didn't he would erupt into violence. He detested the way Alexandria kept caressing the petals of one of the white roses. — Christine Feehan

Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses; Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities. — Mary Anne Radmacher

The trouble with radicals is that they only read radical literature, and the trouble with conservatives is that they don't read anything — Thomas Nixon Carver

The world would be better and brighter if people were taught the duty of being happy as well as the happiness of doing their duty. — John Lubbock

If have to undergo preschool safety checks every morning, why does a random thug get to own an assault rifle? — Christine Pelosi

All losses are sad. The end of an important relationship is also a death. When people fall out of love with each other, or when what seemed like a solid friendship falls into ruin, the hope for a shared future
a hope that provided a context and a purpose to life
is gone. [p. 149] — Sylvia Boorstein

In the radiance of His light the world is not commonplace. The very floor we stand on is a miracle of atoms whizzing about in space. The darkness of sin is clarified, and its burden shouldered. Death is robbed of its finality, trampled down by Christ's death. In a world where everything that seems to be present is immediately past, everything in Christ is able to participate in the eternal present of God. — Alexander Schmemann

Thousand years ago, we all descended from Africans who left the continent. Those ancestors, we will never know their name. We can go back 200 or 300 years and actually populate your family tree with real people who had names and documents. They had customs, characteristics that, unbeknownst to you, you have inherited. Almost through osmosis it has been passed down to you. — Henry Louis Gates

I went over to shoot for six days. It turned out to be ten days, very nicely so. A little money. — Gavin MacLeod

I always put on a brave face when I was the most terrified, the most trapped and out of control. — Natalia Kills

I used to be smaller than I am now, and it didn't make my life any easier. It's not really about your body. It's about what's going on inside, in your head and your heart. — Molly Tarlov

Most people think that aging is fatal and scientific data shows that that's not true. — Deepak Chopra

Microsoft shoots for the moon. Sony shoots for the sun. — Ken Kutaragi