Torgeson Quotes & Sayings

For a man's counsel cannot have equal weight or worth, when he alone has no children to risk in the general danger. — Pericles

There is no contradiction between loving someone and feeling burdened by that person; indeed, love tends to magnify the burden. — Andrew Solomon

We can get excited by thinking about what all we have or can have, OR we can get discouraged by thinking about what all we don't have. — Joyce Meyer

Living for Christ is a day-to-day going on with Him. It is a continuous dependence upon the Spirit of God. It is believing in His faithfulness. — Billy Graham

Jimmy may have only a few sentences in his repertoire, but he knows to keep going when pretty girls pay attention to him. — Ned Vizzini

Suppressed I Rise" is the true story of a courageous mother from South Africa and her two daughters. It started when Adeline, the granddaughter of missionaries from Germany, met and fell in love with a handsome young teacher, Richard Beck. They were married in the Cape Province of South Africa and would have been able to enjoy a normal life if it hadn't been for the dark clouds of World War II. Their first child Brigitte was born in Cape Town in 1936, just as Germany was ordering its citizens to return to Germany, the Vaterland. Richard Beck obeyed his country's call and returned to Mannheim bringing his family with him. — Hank Bracker

In masks and gown we haunt the street
And knock on doors for trick or treat
Tonight we are the king and queen,
For oh tonight it's Halloween! — Jack Prelutsky

Like all planets, I turn in my sleep, I've been doing it
since before I was born.
My body is a nightmare
it hurts me every day.
I've been taught to resent it by boys
trying to forge themselves righteous through conquering.
They knew there was something wrong with me,
it was explained through hands
that spoke only in exclamation points. — Brian Ellis

It's much easier to make a movie with kind of stylistic pyrotechnics because you can hide behind that if there's a gap in the story. — James Gray

When I see an amazing play or movie, it inspires me as an actress and a filmmaker. — Laura Prepon