Surgeon Tess Gerritsen Quotes & Sayings

Belief in mysteries, any manner of mysteries, is the only lasting luxury in life. — Zilpha Keatley Snyder

When God will have any great matters done, he sets his people's hearts to work at prayer by a kind of gracious instinct. He stirs them up and moves their hearts by the influence of his Holy Spirit. — Thomas Goodwin

Muffle your rage. Get smart instead of muscular. — Roy Wilkins

If you can't think of an observation that could disprove a theory, that theory simply isn't scientific. — Jerry A. Coyne

To let her dail would be the greatest profit both for the company and for the merchants. — Peter Stuyvesant

Worse, I convinced myself our tragedy was entirely her making. I spent years working myself into the very thing I swore she was: a righteous ball of hate. — Gillian Flynn

Have you ever seen a child sitting on its mother's knee listening to fairy stories? As long as the child is told of cruel giants and of the terrible suffering of beautiful princesses, it holds its head up and its eyes open; but if the mother begins to speak of happiness and sunshine, the little one closes its eyes and falls asleep with its head against her breast ... I am a child like that, too. Others may like stories of flowers and sunshine; but I choose the dark nights and sad destinies. — Selma Lagerlof

The beauty of inspiration for me is that you can't predict when it's coming. I like that it just pops up out of nowhere. You just have to be open to its arrival. — Scout Niblett

In our learning, let us not neglect the fountain of revelation. The scriptures and the words of modern-day apostles and prophets are the sources of wisdom, divine knowledge, and personal revelation to help us find answers to all the challenges in life. Let us learn of Christ; let us seek out that knowledge which leads to peace, truth, and the sublime mysteries of eternity. — Dieter F. Uchtdorf