Pullinger Jackie Quotes & Sayings

That's when Sam grabbed my hand. "I love this song!" She led me to the dance floor. And she started dancing. And I started dancing. It was a fast song, so I wasn't very good, but she didn't seem to mind. We were just dancing, and that was enough. The song ended, and then a slow one came on. She looked at me. I looked at her. Then, she took my hands and pulled me in to dance slow. I don't know how to dance slow very well either, but I do know how to sway. Her whisper smelled like cranberry juice and vodka. "I looked for you in the parking lot today." I hoped mine still smelled like toothpaste. "I was looking for you, too." Then, we were quiet for the rest of the song. She held me a little closer. I held her a little closer. And we kept dancing. It was the one time all day that I really wanted the clock to stop. And just be there for a long time. — Stephen Chbosky

I went up to a man and said 'Jesus loves you' but I realised that it didn't mean anything unless I did it. — Jackie Pullinger

The opposite of patience is not impatience, but unbelief. — Jackie Pullinger

keep the magma down, at least until it finds another, slower way to wend its way to the surface. — N.K. Jemisin

I banked my life on a miracle. — Jackie Pullinger

Women are half the society. You cannot have a revolution without women. You cannot have democracy without women. You cannot have equality without women. You can't have anything without women. — Nawal El Saadawi

A Stoic is a Buddhist with attitude, one who says "f*** you" to fate. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The desperately poor are not going to come to us to hear the Good News. We have to go to them. — Jackie Pullinger

Heaven is neither a place nor a time. — Florence Nightingale

We must seek to behold the greatness of our God. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I bought an insurance policy covering the inheritance tax my kids will have to pay when we die, which I thought was a good bit of forward thinking. And I always know I'm going to have enough for tax because I make sure I keep it back in my business account. — Mark Billingham

In spite of Bush's win, the majority of Americans still think the country is headed in the wrong direction (56%), think the war wasn't worth fighting (51%), and don't approve of the job George W. Bush is doing (52%). — Michael Moore

The devil wants to convince you that dying is the worst thing. It is very much easier to do what god made you for than not. — Jackie Pullinger

We need people who will go, and stay until the end. — Jackie Pullinger

People say to me. 'What about the rich?' They need Jesus too.' Well, that's fine if you're called to them, but we're called to the poor. The rich can look after themselves. — Jackie Pullinger

When I was your age I met a man older than myself, quite a bit older. I fell in love with him. Really in love. I know people say it's just puppy love at that age, but I was in love properly. It lasted for years. It was the most powerful feeling I can ever remember. At that age one has no defenses. It just overwhelmed me. — Lynne Reid Banks

God wants us to have soft hearts and hard feet. The trouble with so many of us is that we have hard hearts and soft feet. — Jackie Pullinger