Patrick Devedjian Quotes & Sayings

Because if it was exceptional, it must be an exception, maybe even the exception that proved the rule. And the rule was that I would always be alone, and could never trust anyone. But my partnership with Dox didn't fit comfortably with that rule. And my relationship with Delilah suggested that Midori hadn't just been a one-off, either. So now, some wretched part of me was intent on turning Dox and Delilah into exceptions, too, so it could pat itself on the back and proclaim, "See? I told you so. — Barry Eisler

Unless I can shake myself free of my dog, my flag,
of my desk, my mind, I find life a bit of a drag.
Not always, mind you. Usually I'm like my frying pan
useful, graceful, sturdy and with no caper, no plan. — Anne Sexton

Faith and repentance are as much benefits of the covenant of grace as justification ... faith and repentance themselves ... are components of the gospel, not the workings or fruits of the law. — Herman Bavinck

I love science fiction, and one of the things I love about it is that it's so very different. You can read stuff that's just fast-paced adventure, and the characters are cardboard, but who cares, because they're heroes, and we love it. And you can read stuff that's really deep character, and everything in between. — Ann Leckie

In my house, it is always a scramble from paycheck to paycheck. — Tim Cahill

Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids. — Mason Cooley

Arland hit me with another smile. Vampire smiles should really be outlawed. — Ilona Andrews

Passed (it strikes me that this God was extremely merciful to her: He gave her what He took away). — Clarice Lispector