Petronijevic Catherine Quotes & Sayings

Poets and monks ... We're both sort of peripheral to the world. — Kathleen Norris

But Rose learned an important lesson: people don't always do what you tell them to do. — Eleanor Brown

The only way for a woman to provide for herself decently is for her to be good to some man that can afford to be good to her. — George Bernard Shaw

The eros of advertising is lurid but not specific. — Mason Cooley

Sometimes the reason we do not see the answer is that we are looking too closely at the question. — Paul Murray

When exactly do the abuses that have been tolerated for so long become intolerable? When does the fear evaporate and the rage generate action that produces joy? — Rebecca Solnit

I'm going to kiss you... until you faint — L.J.Smith

I'm just grateful that my body is healthy. I want to be on this planet for a long time, so I try to eat things that make me feel good and make me strong. But I also love food and I love life: Some days having that extra bowl of pasta and a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup means more to me than being thin. — Mariska Hargitay

But don't go thinking that I'm critical of you, Anton, because really I'm not. Not a bit! It's just that you're not here. I'm alone and I'm frightened and you're not here. And you're not ever going to be here for me. — Bette Greene

for Fr Bede, a contemplative lifestyle in which one seeks to deepen one's consciousness of God was much more important than having an articulate and theologically accurate explanation of one's spirituality. — Dion A. Forster

My unexpected trip to the light may have been cancelled, but here I was, still paying the cost of the return ticket — Teri Garey

Most people turn things like elections into a fetish and think it's the only way to go: if we just keep giving people the vote, that'll solve all our problems. In the end, that's just a silly, infantile notion. — Pankaj Mishra

A closed mind is like a parachute malfunction, a mind like a parachute only works if it is fully open. — Brian Michael Good

The Bible says that God has a reason for keeping us here; if He didn't, He would take us to Heaven far sooner. — Billy Graham

Occupation is the best safeguard for women under all circumstances
mental or physical, or both. Cupid extinguishes his torch in the atmosphere of industry. — Marie De Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise De Sevigne