Revivable Quotes & Sayings

Peter.' It was the first time I had used his name. 'You heard me sing tonight, did you not?'
'Yes, love.'
The endearment took my breath away - made me forget what I meant to say. I stood there with but one thought: He must care about me. — Jennifer Paynter

I'll probably never have children because I don't believe in touching people for any reason. — Paula Poundstone

Wake me up from this dream and tell me. Things aren't as bad as they seem. — Sara Quin

I remembered how, as a boy, I would stew over all the things Mama wouldn't do, things other mothers did. Hold my hand when we walked. Sit me up on her lap, read bedtime stories, kiss my face good night. Those things were true enough. But, all those years, I'd been blind to a greater truth, which lay unacknowledged and unappreciated, buried deep beneath my grievances. It was this: that my mother would never leave me. — Khaled Hosseini

Revenge is like waves hitting the beach, the water is drawn in and sucked back into yet another wave, pounding and smashing its shoreline! — Wes Adamson

She was extravagant with her pity, and complacent in her snug world. — Harper Lee

Theism, as a way of conceiving God, has become demonstrably inadequate, and the God of theism not only is dying but is probably not revivable. If the religion of the future depends on keeping alive the definitions of theism, then the human phenomenon that we call religion will have come to an end. If Christianity depends on a theistic definition of God, then we must face the fact that we are watching this noble religious system enter the rigor mortis of its own death throes. — John Shelby Spong

It's not the position that makes the leader; it's the leader that makes the position. — John C. Maxwell

I'm naturally thin, so I don't have to work too hard at it. I love food, but I also love to work out. I think it makes everything work better. — Keri Russell

It's sweet to hear, but anyone who says that they want to be the next John Cassavetes is crazy. He had it so tough. No one would want to walk a step in his shoes. Believe me - I wouldn't. — Alexandra Cassavetes

I hope I presented what I felt the woman seemed to be about, but I couldn't give any reason as to why she remained in the relationship other than that their relationship was very special. — Jenny Agutter

Joy is the sheer evidence of God. — Pierre Teilhard De Chardin

I wonder, now, about interrogation chambers: why do they think bright light brings the truth out of people? They should try the seduction of shadows, where you cannot watch your words hit their target. — Anna Funder

One needs to properly possess only a couple of great thoughts
they shed light on many stretches whose illumination one would never have believed in. — Georg Simmel