Umbral Incursions Quotes & Sayings

Every child, every person needs to know that they are a source of joy; every child, every person, needs to be celebrated. Only when all of our weaknesses are accepted as part of our humanity can our negative, broken self-images be transformed. — Jean Vanier

Streets teemed with hell's wretched souls. New dead with their gadgets and old dead from antiquity. Demons roamed the avenues and alleyways, tormenting hapless damned at random with branding irons, flaming pitchforks, and razor-wire whips. -From the story Remember, Remember, Hell in November, in the anthology, Lawyers in Hell. — Larry Atchley Jr.

Whatever your Other Shore is, whatever you must do, whatever inspires you, you will find a way to get there. — Diana Nyad

Tolstoy's wife copied out the entire manuscript of War and Peace in longhand seven times. — David Markson

Make sure it is God's trumpet you are blowing-
if it is only yours it won't wake the dead,
it will simply disturb the neighbours. — W. Ian Thomas

When a sincere woman begins to dance, the seven heavens, the earth, and all creatures begin to dance. — Shams Tabrizi

But there are moments - either in your own life or the life of the world around you - when an event looks you right in the eye and says: This is important. What are you going to do? — David Levithan

The Captain was wearing his best blousey shirt, his beard was gleaming in the early morning light and he'd polished all his gold teeth. As he strode manfully towards the shore, the only thing that could have make him look even more heroic that he already did would have been the theme to Flash Gordon playing in the background, but it was a hundred and seventy years too early for that. — Gideon Defoe

We all hold the keys to our own jail cells. — Paul Levine

The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition. — Andrew Carnegie

We have to use the experience. We can become either bitter or better. — Debbie Macomber

Someone can only fade away if there's nothing left for them. But there's me and you. We'll always be something strong enough to keep you going. — Calia Read

I've said it once and I'll say it a a hundred times, I'm forty-four years old. — Satchel Paige