Taize Songs Quotes & Sayings

I had people read it early on and, you know, well-meaning people said to me, you should take out the blogs. I didn't get much positive feedback. Only because most of these people were protective of me - it was sort of like a "tone it down, make it easier to swallow" kind of thing. And I just thought if I do that then it's not the book I want to write. — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

And it's ridiculous that anyone would praise a child for standing with arms spread out on a wooden cross, as if she were Jesus's dead sister wearing a checkerboard tablecloth. — Amy Tan

Something was stirring in him, though; a bud of comprehension that could very well bloom into forgiveness if left unchecked. — Julie Anne Long

The greater your inner light the brighter your outer world. — Matshona Dhliwayo

America, in the eyes of the world, typifies above all else this quality of initiative. The greatest successes are nearly all the fruit of initiative. Why do we hold in such high esteem the achievements of the Wright brothers? Because they were illustrious examples of initiative and tenacity. And ideas are born of initiative, the children of men and women of initiative. Advancement is applied initiative. Don't imitate. Initiate. — B.C. Forbes

Not everyone can find a cure for cancer. Someone has to make the dinners and sort the socks. — Marian Keyes

I am not happy. I am not unhappy. I am frozen somewhere in the middle that is so much worse. I am nowhere. Nothing is happening and I am getting more and more sad. — Samantha Schutz

For us, there is no spring. Just the wind that smells fresh before the storm. — John Milius

The U. S. is becoming more hostile to Black people and other people of color. Racism is running rampant and xenophobia is on the rise — Assata Shakur

Yes," I say. "Three of these flying birds."
I touch my collarbone, marking the path of their flight - toward my heart. One for each member of the family I left behind. — Veronica Roth

Maybe we've lived a thousand lives before this one and in each of them we've found each other ... I know I've spent each life before this one searching for you. Not someone like you but you, for your soul and mine must always come together. — Nicholas Sparks

Modesty and conscientiousness receive their reward only in novels. In life they are exploited and then shoved aside. — Erich Maria Remarque

Rubens! All bosom and bum, big cumulus clouds of pink flesh, eh? You can feel the heart beating like a kettledrum in a ton of that stuff. Every woman a bed; throw yourself on them, sink from sight. — Ray Bradbury

I'm a level 5 vegan, I don't eat anything that casts a shadow. — Matt Groening