Tallarin Quotes & Sayings

There was nothing I wanted to do more than be unconscious again, wrapped in black, gone away. I was raw. I felt swollen with potential tears, like a water balloon filled to burst. Begging for a pin prick. — Gillian Flynn

Until those charismatic churches who have poor teaching can supply both spiritual empowerment and sounder teaching, many of them will continue to be only a way station for Christians who need a fresh spiritual experience but who end up taking it elsewhere once they have it. — Craig S. Keener

When you cast someone like Natalie Portman, the character can't just be the love interest. — Kenneth Branagh

The place between actual seasons is filled with tiny roses in transition. There are murders and amputations in the garden. There are choirs on the sandy floors beneath oceans. — Kate Braverman

One of the open secrets of life on earth is that the answer to life's burning question has been inscribed in one's soul all along. The soul is a kind of ancient vessel that holds the exact knowledge we seek and need to find our way in life. Each life is a pilgrimage intended to arrive at the center of the pilgrim's soul. From that vantage point, the issue is not whether we managed to choose the right god or the only way to live righteously; such notions fail to recognize the inborn intimacy each soul already has with the divine. — Michael Meade

As an organized political group, the Communists have done nothing to damage our society a fraction as much as what their enemies have done in the name of defending us against subversion. — Murray Kempton

The novel wins by points, the short story by knockout. — Julio Cortazar

There are . . . times when one must accept the aid of darkness in order to contain a greater darkness. — Brandon Sanderson

Flower is breathed in its height. (Fleur se respire - Dans sa hauteur.) — Charles De Leusse

The thinkers of the world should by rights be guardians of the world's mirth. — Agnes Repplier

It is not suicide; it is martyrdom in the name of God. I consider this type of martyrdom operation as an indication of the justice of Allah almighty. Allah is just. Through his infinite wisdom, he has given the weak what the strong do not possess and that is the ability to turn their bodies into bombs as the Palestinians do. — Yusuf Al-Qaradawi