Raymie Nightingale Quotes & Sayings

The greatest gift a parent can leave a child is that parent's own independence. — Rosamunde Pilcher

One can only hope that our horizons widen as we grow taller. — J.R. Tompkins

She had on a spangled top that sparkled like fish scales. Her hair was very yellow. She looked like a mermaid in a bad mood.
(p. 82 RAYMIE NIGHTINGALE) — Kate DiCamillo

Christian contentment, therefore, is the direct fruit of having no higher ambition than to belong to the Lord and to be totally at His disposal in the place He appoints, at the time He chooses, with the provision He is pleased to make. — Sinclair B. Ferguson

National pride is to countries what self-respect is to individuals: a necessary condition for self-improvement. — Richard Rorty

That's what it was. I had been given something I absolutely did not deserve. And only here in coming back did I realize what I had been freely given. Why was I given it? What was I going to do with it now that I knew I had it?

I didn't want to go to sleep. I didn't want this to be my last night. I didn't want to go home. I wanted to understand, and after I understood, to feel better. — Paullina Simons

Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again. — Henry Ford