Rene Rofe Quotes & Sayings

The timing of the electrical failure seemed dramatic and perfectly correct, as if the lights had said, You have no need for sight. Listen. — Ann Patchett

What breadth, what beauty and power of human nature and development there must be in a woman to get over all palisades, all fences, within which she is held captive! — Alexander Herzen

The Christian is not always praying; but within his bosom is a heaven-kindled love
fires of desire, fervent longings
which make him always ready to pray, and often engage him in prayer. — Thomas Guthrie

Late one afternoon when returning from town we were met by a few women and children who told us that Mexican troops from some other town had attacked our camp, killed all the warriors of the guard, captured all our ponies, secured our arms, destroyed our supplies, and killed many of our women and children.. when all were counted, I found that my aged mother, my young wife, and my three small children were among the slain. — Geronimo

Let every man be master of his time. — William Shakespeare

Only one thing can keep something close over time: holding it there. Grappling with it. Wrestling it to the ground, as Jacob did with the angel, and refusing to let go. What we don't wrestle we let go of. Love isn't the absence of struggle. Love is struggle. — Jonathan Safran Foer

What do you do with mother love and mother wit when the babies are grown and gone away? — Joanne Greenberg

Losing my father at a tender age was extremely important in being able to accept what happened to me later when I became a quadriplegic. — Chuck Close

We're bar room buddies and we're the best kind, nobody messes with that friend of mine. Chug-a-lug-a-lug-a-lugga, bar room buddy of mine. — Merle Haggard

I was your punishment." She sniffled. "Wrong." I tilted her chin up. "You were my gift. — Rachel Van Dyken