Tortilla Curtain American Dream Quotes & Sayings

The instant you know what the result will be, you are lost. — Juan Gris

I tried to be the leader ... that was my aim. But it is important to know how to win and how to lose. — Vitali Klitschko

You often feel that your prayers scarcely reach the ceiling; but, oh, get into this humble spirit by considering how good the Lord is, and how evil you all are, and then prayer will mount on wings of faith to heaven. — Charles Simeon

In our family, at this point,[Sunday School] its not a choice for my kids. It's a duty for us as parents to give them faith as a foundation and hope that when they bemuse older teens and young adults they will choose the same thing for themselves. — Gretchen Carlson

Froi saw the foolishness of dreamers, and he decided he'd like to die so foolish. With a dream in his heart about the possibilities, rather than a chain of hopelessness. — Melina Marchetta

Why should I have been surprised?
Hunters walk the forest
without a sound.
The hunter, strapped to his rifle,
the fox on his feet of silk,
the serpent on his empire of muscles
all move in a stillness,
hungry, careful, intent.
Just as the cancer
entered the forest of my body,
without a sound. — Mary Oliver

I didn't think of the narrative as making a judgment. It didn't occur to me the reader would either, but that doesn't mean it isn't possible there would be that risk. — Rachel Kushner

TWENTY I BATTLE MY JERK RELATIVE — Rick Riordan

I stopped being half-witted and became sly whenever I took the trouble. — Samuel Beckett

One is often guilty by being too just. — Pierre Corneille