Scribendi Editing Quotes & Sayings

In the vision of Enoch, we find ourselves drawn to a God who prevents all the pain He can, assumes all the suffering He can, and weeps over the misery He can neither prevent nor assume. — Terryl L. Givens

Love can't be earned, it can only be given. And it can only be exchanged by people who are completely true with each other. — Donald Miller

If the hare makes too many missteps and has to keep adjusting, the tortoise wins. If the tortoise spends too much time planning each step, the hare wins. — Paul Kalanithi

Then, winking at him, I passed my tongue over the top, and all around the ice cream at the rim of the cone, filling my whole mouth and, just to look sexy, also licking the tips of my fingers. Then I came around the counter, swaying my hips real pretty, and steadying myself over the wobbly high heels. I came right up to him, and before he could guess what kind of trouble I had cooked up in my head, I kissed him - so sweet and so long - on his lips, to the shouts and outcries of the offended customer ... — Uvi Poznansky

The longer you live the less you're dead. — James Mee

I was in sit-ins to desegregate restaurants and movie houses in the '60s. — Joe Biden

Most people think they know what they are good at. They are usually wrong ... And yet, a person can perform only from strength. — Peter Drucker

His gaze slammed into hers. 'I love you. Never forget that. Never forget ... me.'
He loved her. Emotion bubbled up in her throat, leaving her voice completely wrecked. 'Never,' she rasped. — Larissa Ione

Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us. — Novalis

I know I can't eat whatever I want and look the way I want, so you need to work for it. I give credit to Pilates and my parents' good genes. — Genesis Rodriguez

Of course I don't want to go to a cocktail party ... If I wanted to stand around with a load of people I don't know eating bits of cold toast I can get caught shoplifting and go to Holloway [women's prison]. — Victoria Wood

I always play girls who are quite traumatised, or a plain girl, but I'm happy with that. — Joanne Froggatt

I want to be a better man for you and because I love you so much, I actually believe I can be. — Emma Chase

You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours. — Benjamin Franklin

The names are mine, but they're not me. — Katherine Applegate