Ttfn Acronyms Quotes & Sayings

My future chef was an oversized, hysterical hedgehog with a martyr complex. — Ilona Andrews

But this hunger must be recognized by our religious leaders. Current evangelicalism has (to change the figure) laid the altar and divided the sacrifice into parts, but now seems satisfied to count the stones and rearrange the pieces with never a care that there is not a sign of fire upon the top of lofty Carmel. But God be thanked that there are a few who care. — A.W. Tozer

Across the broken apses and shattered naves of a hundred ruined Byzantine churches, the same smooth, cold, neo-classical faces of the saints and apostles stare down like a gallery of deaf mutes; and through this thundering silence the everyday reality of life in the Byzantine provinces remains persistently difficult to visualise. The sacred and aristocratic nature of Byzantine art means that we have very little idea of what the early Byzantine peasant or shopkeeper looked like; we have even less idea of what he thought, what he longed for, what he loved or what he hated.
Yet through the pages of The Spiritual Meadow one can come closer to the ordinary Byzantine than is possible through virtually any other single source.

Dalrymple, William (2012-06-21). From the Holy Mountain: A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium (Text Only) (Kindle Location 248). HarperCollins Publishers. Kindle Edition. — William Dalrymple

That's what a good crime novelist - any good novelist - should do with you: play with your perceptions while showing you everything in plain sight. — Harlan Coben

And oft the blessed time foretells
When all men shall be free;
And musical, as silver bells,
Their falling chains shall be. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Writing is both my expression to the world and my way to hide from it - you get who I am without actually seeing me. — Paige

I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it. — Edgar Rice Burroughs

Book tours are like boot camp but with little sleep and less food. — Rita Mae Brown

There were the days of so-called free love ... but it didn't take long to discover that love is not free. Sooner or later it exacts its price. — Flora Lewis

I also have a brand-new prescription for gunfire jitters: When the shooting gets loud, proceed to the nearest wooden staircase. Run up and down a few times, making sure to stumble at least once. What with the scratches and the noise of running and falling, you won't even be able to hear the shooting, much less worry about it. Yours truly has put this magic formula to use, with great success! — Anne Frank

We don't want to bury our heads in the sand about serious issues. — Dalia Mogahed

When it comes to comedy, it might be interesting to know why an airplane works, but really? Maybe it's better not to know why certain things work. Just fly the thing, and if nothing falls apart, you'll be fine. — Bill Hader

I like television that grabs you by your throat. — James Purefoy

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability. — Walter Scott

These transcending truths restructure our understanding of ourselves and of the universe and bring within our view resplendent reality. To be seen only by those who have eyes to see, these flakes of fire are embedded in the holy scriptures. There these tr. — Neal A. Maxwell