Pecadores China Quotes & Sayings

Avoid duplicity, that is, do not let your heart be divided between attachment to God and attachment to earthly things, 'You cannot serve God and mammon' (Mt. 6:24); cling to God alone, put your trust in Him alone; for the Devil, by inciting us to duplicity, seeks himself to gain possession of our heart, which is single and indivisible. — John Of Kronstadt

People are as happy as they choose to be. — Henry Ford

If you've been massive and it's all slid away, you tend to get written off. It's quite difficult to overcome that, which is why I've got this problem with nostalgia. — Gary Numan

I've always thought I had pretty good instincts for people. There is a short list of people I've worked with over my career with whom I've not been able to distinguish easily between the public persona and the real private person. — Randall Robinson

The explanation is quite simple. I wished to be near my mother. — James Whistler

There were so many things I liked. That was the awful thing about being alive: there were so many things one liked. The awful thing about life was that there were so many thingsm full stop. — Glen Duncan

I like to pic-a-nic more than a bee likes to bumble. — Deborah Wiles

You shall be my pet, and my poppet, and my dearest little duck all the days of your life. — Anthony Trollope

Story, it turns out, is the assassin of despair. — Robin Cody

A novel is a conversation between a reader and a writer. — John Green

If words are doing their job, then their novelty will not be the most noticeable thing about them. — Erin McKean

Here's what I think. One, people should figure out that if they go around bothering bears, chances are they're going to end up bear snacks. Second, people suck. — Michael Thomas Ford

God, I miss you," he said in a voice that cracked. "Every night. Every day ... — J.R. Ward

As recently as the September 11 event, the majority of Muslims were, as the rest of the world was, against its violence. However, if despair and humiliation continue in the population of more than one billion Muslims, the world will face increasing risks of conflicts and wars. — Ahmed Zewail