Sheetlightning Quotes & Sayings

All night sheetlightning quaked sourceless to the west beyond the midnight thunderheads, making a bluish day of the distant desert, the mountains on the sudden skyline stark and black and livid like a land of some other order out there whose true geology was not stone but fear. — Cormac McCarthy

Families who lovingly accept the difficult trial of a child with special needs are greatly to be admired. They render the Church and society an invaluable witness of faithfulness to the gift of life. In these situations, the family can discover, together with the Christian community, new approaches, new ways of acting, a different way of understanding and identifying with others, by welcoming and caring for the mystery of the frailty of human life. People with disabilities are a gift for the family and an opportunity to grow in love, mutual aid and unity ... If the family, in the light of the faith, accepts the presence of persons with special needs, they will be able to recognize and ensure the quality and value of every human life, with its proper needs, rights and opportunities. — Pope Francis

The moral values I've learnt in my life I've learnt through football. — Arsene Wenger

How truly novel. The emotional life of furniture. I never. — Gregory Maguire

Writing is a funny thing. It's not like you're working on a schedule. It comes in fits and starts. — Daphne Guinness

The obsessions with eloquence and general knowledge would appear to be ones that emerged with our generation, probably in the wake of Mr Marshall, when lesser men trying to emulate his greatness mistook the superficial for the essence. — Kazuo Ishiguro

Many countries in the world do not allow GMO crops because of the known health risks and the unknown consequences when it comes to human consumption. — John Bergman