Pukerua Bay Quotes & Sayings

I have written letters that are failures, but I have written few, I think, that are lies. Trying to reach a person means asking the same question over and over again: Is this the truth, or not? I begin this letter to you, then, in the western tradition. If I understand it, the western tradition is: Put your cards on the table. — Amy Hempel

Sometimes, after all, there is a bit of justice in this mean, cruel world. — Laurent Binet

not saying there weren't Christians in our founding government, I'm just saying our Constitution is a secular, humanistic document which calls upon 'We the people,' not God, as the guarantor of our 'Order, Union, Justice, Tranquility, and Welfare. — William Struse

Writing felt like it justified, barely, my existence -- this extremity of obscurity I had chosen. — William Finnegan

So you know it was a glorious battle, Hook, in which God favoured the English, but God's favour is a fickle thing.'
'Are you telling me He's not on our side?'
'I'm telling you that God is on the side of whoever wins, Hook. — Bernard Cornwell

President Bush is often out there talking about the importance of staying the course, and about the sacrifice, but he has not attended a funeral of a soldier who has fallen in Iraq. — Dana Milbank

Every patriot believes his country better than any other country ... In its active manifestation-it is fond of killing-patriotism would be well enough if it were simply defensive, but it is also aggressive ... Patriotism deliberately and with folly aforethought subordinates the interests of a whole to the interests of a part ... Patriotism is fierce as a fever, pitiless as the grave and blind as a stone. — Ambrose Bierce

I'm anxious about losing anonymity. — Brooke Smith

The industry should take comfort in knowing that WinStar is my main focus after my faith and family. — Kenny Troutt

When I worked as a newspaper photo engraver in the only job I ever had, many years ago, I'd get the train home to Pukerua Bay where I was staying with my parents. An hour ride, 16 stops, and almost always, I'd have automatic wake-up, seconds before we pulled into my station. — Peter Jackson