Tarnation Origin Quotes & Sayings

9Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser; Teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. — Anonymous

He would never again tempt innocence. He would be good. — Oscar Wilde

Here's an Advent illustration for kids - and those of us who used to be kids and remember what it was like. Suppose you and your mom get separated in the grocery store, and you start to get scared and panic and don't know which way to go, and you run to the end of an aisle, and just before you start to cry, you see a shadow on the floor at the end of the aisle that looks just like your mom. It makes you really happy and you feel hope. But which is better? The happiness of seeing the shadow, or having your mom step around the corner and it's really her?

That's the way it is when Jesus comes to be our High Priest. That's what Christmas is. Christmas is the replacement of shadows with the real thing. — John Piper

I understand how easy it would be to lose yourself in the heart of another. It's frightening. Exhilarating. An ocean with no lifeguard. — Sarah Ockler

Ian was living in fairyland and in our own way we all helped him to stay there. — Deborah Curtis

The rich rock-star Lothario bullshit drops with a thud, and an air of truth fills the empty space between us. He pins me with those gorgeous emerald eyes. "I dig you, Letty. — Kendall Grey

If poems very different from my own bring pleasure to a group of readers, who am I to say that the poems should have been written differently? — James Arthur