Unbuckling The Bible Belt Quotes & Sayings

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life (Prov. 4:23 KJV). — Joel Osteen

I want nothing to do with politicians. Their hearts wither away, and die out of their bodies. Their consciences are turned to india-rubber, or to some substance as black as that, and which will stretch as much. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

We were in dialogue that was about something other than what we were saying. — Lorrie Moore

At first, I thought it was having the picture that made it special, but it's not even that. It's looking at something without being watched, without being told how to see. That's what the picture has given us. — Ally Condie

In the New World, "spinster" gained a more precise meaning: in colonial parlance, it indicated an unmarried woman over the age of twenty-three and under the age of twenty-six. At twenty-six, women without spouses became thornbacks, a reference to a sea-skate with sharp spines covering its back and tail. It was not a compliment — Rebecca Traister

Action and reaction are equal and opposite. — Gertrude Stein

Truth is not the rule, but the exception to the rule. — Marty Rubin

A piece of writing is a trap," he said cheerily, "and the best kind. A book, you see, is the only kind of trap that keeps its captive - which is knowledge - alive forever. — Tad Williams

Till men have faith in Christ, their best services are but glorious sins. — Thomas Brooks

There is no motivation higher than being a good writer. — Tom Wolfe

Religion is spelled DO. Christianity is spelled DONE. One endlessly works to earn love. The other simply receives it! — Bill Hybels

Fang: "There is one bright side to this."
Max: "Yeah? What's that?" The new and improved Erasers would mutilate us before they killed us?
Fang: *grins* You looove me. (holds out arms) You love me this much.
Max: My shriek of appalled rage would probably be heard in California, or maybe Hawaii. — James Patterson

I suppose that's the secret, if you're ever wishing for things to go back to the way they were. You just have to look up. THROUGH — Lauren Oliver

It did make a flash of jealousy go through me, but his heart was mine, and I didn't doubt that. How could I, after he'd branded himself? — S.C. Stephens