Priscos Bridgewater Quotes & Sayings

And she came to the monk wearing cosmetics, much gold jewelry, and an elaborate silk dress. The monk admonished her gently; 'By supposing your body to require [all this],' he said,'you condemn the Creator for deficiency.' It is a remark that might be interpreted as misogyny, but in the context of the story
the monk pleads that he is only a man with the same nature as hers, and has no special access to God
it is clear that the monk believes the woman to be made in the image of God, good as she is, without unnecessary adornment. — Kathleen Norris

We reject the lies of inequality, we affirm the Spirit, we forgive radically, we advocate for love and demonstrate it by folding laundry, and we live these Kingdom ways of shalom prophetically in the world. — Sarah Bessey

One guy, one girl. One in the spotlight. One in the shadows. — Becky Wicks

He hadn't said a word to me until we had been roommates for eight months. And even then it had only been, "You're wearing my socks. — Melody J. Bremen

I do love country music. — Kesha

A sensual life is a ghostly existence where you live on the surface and your soul passes through everything, touching nothing ... — John Geddes

It's like you are oozing magic." Tari rolled her eyes.
"Yes I am an all-powerful witch," she said sarcastically.
"No. Not a witch, but something. I can't explain it. It's as if magic is your friend," Ivy continued. — S.K. Whiteside

I used to be a hopeless romantic. Now I'm just hopeless. — Quentin R. Bufogle

The desire of Kenyans is manifest. They know too well that their invincible, invisible, nameless, faceless, yet omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent rulers are condemned to serve them for life! — Levi Cheruo Cheptora

Because we imagine that we are what humanity was divinely destined to become, we assume that our prehistoric ancestors were trying to be us, but just lacked the tools and techniques to succeed. We invest our ancestors with our own predelictions in what seem to us primitive and unevolved forms. As an example of all this, we take it for granted that our religions represent humanity's ultimate and highest spiritual development and expect to find among our ancestors only crude, fumbling harbingers of these religions. We certainly don't expect to find robust, fully developed religions whose expressions are entirely different from ours. — Daniel Quinn

I'm not afraid and these 15 days convinced me there is nothing to fear. Let them be afraid instead. — Alexei Navalny

If you want to know the value of a week ask the editor of a weekly magazine if he fails to meet up with the target of his weekly publication. — Sunday Adelaja

Whiskey is for drinkin', water is for fightin'." She frowned. "Mark Twain," he said. — James Rollins