Taikuri Luttinen Quotes & Sayings

To feel safe and warm on a cold wet night, all you really need is soup. — Laurie Colwin

We love Christmas presents but not Christ; Easter baskets but not crosses. We want to tell our friends with cancer that we will pray for them (we don't) and our puddle-eyed children that their goldfish have gone to heaven (doubtful). When we lose our jobs we want to take comfort in the idea that God doesn't give us more than we can handle, but really, how can we? We have absolutely no idea what God has given us or what it might be for. We haven't talked to Him in ages. — Heather Choate Davis

This wasn't supposed to be like this. It was supposed to be beautiful. What the fuck? — Matthew Quick

In 1900, 180-plus out of every 1,000 African-American babies died. — Peter Diamandis

Spanking must be steady, rhythmic, slap, slap, slap, slap, slap, moving from one area to another until both cheeks glow with a rosy bloom that lights the charge and sends the electric message to the restless clitoris. — Chloe Thurlow

Guilt was the grease in which the wheels of the authority turned. — Terry Pratchett

I realized that the childish impression I had always had of my father, as Just Lawgiver, was entirely wrong. We were utterly dependent on this man, who was not only deluded and ignorant, but incompetent in every way. What was more, I knew that my mother was incapable of standing up to him. It was like walking into the cockpit of an airplane and finding the pilot and co-pilot passed out drunk in their seats. And standing outside the Lyceum, I was struck with a black, incredulous horror, which in fact was not at all unlike the horror I had felt at twelve, sitting on a bar stool in our sunny little kitchen in Plano. Who is in control here? I thought, dismayed. Who is flying this plane? — Donna Tartt

But your isolation must not be mechanical, but spiritual, that is, must be elevation. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is clear that while science provides insights into the complexity of the world around us, those insights ... present a fractured mosaic rather than a seamless whole. There are profound limits to science that must be recognized if we are to minimize the destructive consequences of using the powers provided by scientific discovery. — David Suzuki

Be like the rocky headland on which the waves constantly break. It stands firm, and round it the seething waters are laid to rest. — Marcus Aurelius

Tony lifted his glass and proposed a toast, "To you, the only person in this world, who can keep me on my toes."
Claire held her glass. — Aleatha Romig

I've never known my mother to be wrong. About anything. So at this moment, her opinion is my most valuable resource. — Emma Chase

You are a child of God. He is father of your spirit. Spiritually you are of noble birth, the offspring of the King of Heaven. Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God! — Boyd K. Packer

The whole of creation, with all of its laws, is a revelation of God. — William Ralph Inge

If you can't laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at? — Tiger Woods