Pertinente Francais Quotes & Sayings

We should always judge with a humble attitude acknowledging that any correct understanding we have of the Bible is a gift from God. — Todd Friel

Every affair is a fairy tale or a tragedy. — Cherie Priest

We'll be chopped up before you can say 'King Maggot'. — Tamora Pierce

Consequences are only for the ones who stay behind. — Claire North

The predominant cancer metaphor is war. We fight cancer, usually valiantly. We attack tumors and try to annihilate them and bring out our arsenals to do that, and so on. It's us against cancer. This metaphor has come in for its share of criticism within the ethical, psychological and even oncological disciplines. A main concern is that when someone dies of cancer, the message that remains is that that person just hasn't fought hard enough, was not a brave enough soldier against the ultimate foe, did not really want to win.

The cancer-is-war metaphor does not seem to allow space for the idea that in actual war, some soldiers die heroically for the larger good, no matter which side wins. War is death. In the cancer war, if you die, you've lost and cancer has won. The dead are responsible not just for getting cancer, but also for failing to defeat it. — Alanna Mitchell

The tall blue spruce trees surrounding the church stood like ancient prophets in white gowns and a peregrine falcon that had taken up residence in the belfry perched on a ledge keeping an eye out for wandering mice. — Kathleen Valentine

The seed has no idea of being some particular plant, but it has its own form and is in perfect harmony with the ground, with its surroundings ... and there is no trouble. This is what we mean by naturalness. — Shunryu Suzuki

Well, at first I was thinking we could challenge them to a few rounds of Scattergories, but then I realized fighting would be way more emotionally satisfying. -Buffy — Brian K. Vaughan

Ryka had encouraged me to have a summer fling. The only fling I'd ever had with a guy was when Felix Lewis flung me in the air during cheeleading tryouts. — Wynne Channing

It is not important what is said, what is important is what is heard. — Jeffrey Fry

We're surrounded by mandates, and I believe that literature should be mandate-free. I feel very strongly about that. — Barbara Kingsolver

Soccer players generally burn through all of their carbohydrate stores by halftime, so how are you going to replace those? That's what we do at halftime. — Abby Wambach

One writes to inflict pain on those who wish to inflict pain. — Elena Ferrante

Normal people with normal problems can be hilarious. — Tommy Lee Jones