Valsangiacomo Detora Quotes & Sayings

Learn to live, love and laugh ... And to enjoy a good story when there is one to be heard. — Val Edward Simone

This evolution towards a real responsibility for others is sometimes blocked by fear. It is easier to stay on the level of a pleasant way of life in which we keep our freedom and our distance. But that means that we stop growing and shut ourselves up in our own small concerns and pleasures. — Jean Vanier

I do not believe that the Constitution was the offspring of inspiration, but I am as satisfied that it is as much the work of a Divine Providence as any of the miracles recorded in the Old and New Testament. — Benjamin Rush

In April of 1976, Epic Records was flying out to sign us when I tripped over a light case after a gig and broke my arm. We called the next morning and said, 'Don't go to the airport - Bun E. broke his arm.' They thought Mercury or someone was trying to sign us, so they offered us, like, $25,000 more on top of the deal. — Bun E. Carlos

I know," he said, very softly. "Let's go home. Let's go home, and you can tell me whatever you want, and I'll believe you. — Ashlyn Kane

Haste and panic were poor traveling companions, and this trip he'd reaped the consequences in spades. — Laura Frantz

You thought I was peculiar," she said in a muffled voice.
His mouth brushed the edge of her ear and settled against her neck. She felt that he was smiling. "Darling love ... you are. — Lisa Kleypas

It's not what your reproductive organs do that counts, it's what your mind intends before that moment. — Sheri S. Tepper

I thought I'd definitely be a writer, whatever I did. — Thomas Keneally

Don't devalue yourself, you are the world's most precious stone. — Michael Bassey Johnson

I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think a lot of the bump that we enjoyed came when John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate. — Harold Ford Jr.

Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty. — Timothy Radcliffe

Ha!" cried Dr John contemptuously. "Magic! That is chiefly used for killing Frenchmen, is it not? — Susanna Clarke

Sometimes we forget to be grateful until we survive a trauma. For example, after having the flu when you ache all over, throw up for hours, and have little people pounding in your head with hammers, it is sheer bliss just to eat a piece of toast, walk outside without getting dizzy, and breathe fresh air. Part of the journey toward joy involves not waiting around for trouble, but being continuously aware of our blessings. — Charlotte Sophia Kasl

If you don't make peace with your past it will keep showing up in your present. — Wayne Dyer