Stop Swimming Upstream Quotes & Sayings

If life is a river, then pursuing Christ requires swimming upstream. When we stop swimming, or actively following Him, we automatically begin to be swept downstream. — Francis Chan

I have to save the world tomorrow, and I don't even know what I'm going to wear yet.
Rachel Morgan — Kim Harrison

He picks up the remote and turns his show back on. "This is the best part." He points at the TV and grins. I lift my feet, but he grabs them and holds tight. "Stay a few minutes. I missed you when you were gone." He grins at me again. My heart clenches. His fingers start that slow sweep up and down my foot again. I turn my head so I can watch the TV with him. He talks to the TV while the cook-off is going on, like Emilio does when he's watching sports. It makes me laugh. He looks at me, his brows raised. "Are you laughing at me?" He grabs my foot tightly and holds it, his other hand holding my middle toe. He gives it a tug and I squeal. "Let me go!" He laughs and tugs my toe until it pops. It doesn't hurt. But it's damn aggravating. "That's what you get when you mess with me," he taunts. I — Tammy Falkner

Powerful people get away with things. That's one way to demonstrate their difference from the rest of us. — Elizabeth Janeway

In any case, our love is not a typical love, as is typically felt between men and women. We share something else between us - something more immediate, more cherishing. That has been evident to me from the beginning, and I pray it has been evident to you. My wish is that we two could live together as one, both contented and elevated, and ever-seeking. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Serial novels have an unexpected effect; they hook the writer as well as the reader. — Alexander McCall Smith

She devoted her life to this place, this work. If that doesn't make a home, Turyin Mulaghesh, then nothing does. — Robert Jackson Bennett

Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway. — Alan J. Pakula

Don't be scared of your hunger. If you're scared of your hunger, you'll just be one more ninny like everyone else. — Elizabeth Strout