Peterekstrom Quotes & Sayings

Do you know how a man makes his way here? By brilliant genius or by skilful corruption. You must either cut your way through these masses of men like a cannon ball, or steal among them like a plague. — Honore De Balzac

A realization came to Books in that moment, one that shook his beliefs even more than when he had learned magic existed: Sicarius cared. — Lindsay Buroker

I don't look at people and see color and race. I see inside. — Jennifer Lopez

Qui plussait, plus se tait. French, you know. The more a man knows, the less he talks. — Madeleine L'Engle

I was not surprised by the results of the Horizon experiments, but I remain willing to observe and consider any and all other tests that are done under similarly precise conditions. — James Randi

You might say that he had lost the gift of evoking the perfumes of life: sea water, the smoke of burning hemlock, and the breasts of women. He had damaged, you might say, the ear's innermost chamber, where we hear the heavy noise of the dragon's tail moving over the dead leaves. — John Cheever

Diplomacy was what I wanted to do. From really quite an early age and I think I had a false impression that diplomacy equals travel. — John Gimlette

Sometimes to get to heaven you need to go through hell. — Judah Lee Davis

When others hurt us in ways we don't deserve, at some point we will come to the crossroads of decision. We will have to look our pain square in the face and ask, "Am I going to hang on to my anger and do violence to myself, or am I going to forgive those who have wounded me? Am I going to allow bitterness to poison and putrefy my soul, or am I going to invite God to empower me to let the anger go?" — Pam W. Vredevelt

Paige had a sadness that was so desperate that it could not yet turn into anger. — Gabby Bess

Empathy is cloaked in our actions - as in, we might be experiencing empathy but not realize it's empathy. — Leslie Jamison

Whenever a reasonable explanation comes to sight as to why a thing appears to be but is not true, this makes for greater trust in the truth. — Aristotle.

May our light shine in this world
so that people see you in our sacrificial deeds of love
and our compromising words of truth
and give glory to your hallowed name,
Father — John Piper

My heart is like a singing bird. — Christina Rossetti