Retenat Quotes & Sayings

At the same time, African aims to intensify cooperation with China in the fields of trade, investment and agriculture. — Olusegun Obasanjo

Then they had a day together in Melbourne and Jenny stayed in her first hotel, with Luc sparing no expense and treating her to the Windsor for the night. Here, Jenny experienced a luxury that had her wide-eyed, where men in their fine uniform of burgundy jackets, trimmed with gold, fussed around them and suggested an afternoon tea like never before. Luc couldn't help but grin to see his daughter engulfed in a leather chair, near the huge arched picture windows that fronted Spring Street, choosing cucumber sandwiches and beautiful little cakes and pastries from a silver tiered cake stand. — Fiona McIntosh

As the gospels present it to us, the mission of Jesus of Nazareth is about the way in which the community of God's people - historically, the Jewish people who had first received the law and the covenant - is being re-created in relation to Jesus himself. — Rowan Williams

A novel with a bad middle is a bad book. A bad ending is something I've just gotten in the habit of forgiving. — Lev Grossman

He wishes he were a skilled poet, it would fit his chosen image perfectly; the poor, tragic, tortured artiste. But he has no talent for words, neither for paints nor music; his uselessness is tremendously total. — Curtis Ackie

The only praise I would like and treasure is the promotion of the activities to which my life is dedicated. — Mahatma Gandhi

There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help. — Charles Dudley Warner

Flowers, silence, departure. — John Dolan

Servants, serve well your masters. For this is right. And in so doing, you do it as to the Lord. — Janette Oke

There is nothing quite like 'The Night of the Hunter'. I have never seen a film to which it can be fairly compared. — Douglas McGrath

Photoshop and Lightroom help me transform my photos into what my heart felt, but my camera couldn't quite capture! — Marius Vieth

Peace starts within. We are what we give. — Sal Di Leo