Riopel Mailboxes Quotes & Sayings

The second lesson Pulcheria learned from her mother had to do with what kind of man one could trust. Fundamentally, any outstanding man at court who had sons of his own - or hope of having them - was a potential usurper. This is why eunuchs played such an important role in the imperial palace. But Christian priests and bishops constituted another class of men who - even if they did have children - had sworn themselves to a vocation in the Church. This meant that however much trouble they stirred up, they could not threaten the Emperor's person. Still, they had to be managed expertly. Eudoxia had discovered that bishops could be valuable allies and formidable enemies, and Pulcheria took this lesson to heart. — Kate Cooper

I hope we're never perfect, I say. — Anonymous

A friend told me 'I guess you gotta go through a lot of nightmares, before you finally, you know, accomplish your dreams. — LeBron James

The distinct blue, red, and yellow colors ... though they have not the kind of harmony which is produced by a variety of broken and transparent colors, have the effect of grandeur. — Joshua Reynolds

You say to me-wards your affection's strong;
Pray love me little, so you love me long. — Robert Herrick

Win it, or it's start all over around here. — Troy Vincent

We all have pasts and we all have futures. All we can do is choose to live in one or the other. It doesn't seem to me that there's much point living in the past. — Jayne Ann Krentz

Everything in life is harder than you think and everything in life takes longer than you think. — Evelyn Marshall

The seed is the fetus, in other words, a true plant with its parts (that is, its leaves, of which there are usually two, its stalk or stem, and its bud) completely fashioned. — Marcello Malpighi