Varolant Quotes & Sayings

But theological change happens though selective quoting. Every religious person does it: You quote those verses that resonate with your own religious insights and ignore or reinterpret those that undermine your certainties. Selective quoting isn't just legitimate, but essential: Religions evolve through shifts in selective quoting. — Yossi Klein Halevi

What makes a writer a prophet is his ability to speak truth ... — John Geddes

When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me. — B.B. King

I have always been a great dreamer. In dreams I have always been more active than in my real life, and these shadows sapped me of my health and energy. — Hermann Hesse

Adrian!" Something inside of me burst. "Will you shut the hell up for five seconds? — Richelle Mead

Loosely bound
By countless silken ties of love and thought
To everything on earth the compass round — Robert Frost

Then she smiles, like it's
the first time she's seen sun
after a decade of winters. — Emma Cameron

That was what it meant to be loved
there were people who would never give up looking and longing for you, no matter how far you wandered lost. — Scott Russell Sanders

hi I hope u want to be my friends — Judy Blume

All philanthropy ... is only a savory fumigation burning at the mouth of a sewer. This incense offering makes the air more endurable to passers-by, but it does not hinder the infection in the sewer from spreading. — Ellen Key

The proverb says that 'The answer to a fool is silence'. Observation, however, indicates that almost any other answer will have the same effect in the long run. — Idries Shah

Any plan is bad which is incapable of modification. — Publilius Syrus

When problems beat upon you like a raging storm, search for the eye. You might not be able to avoid misfortunes, but you can find the calmest spot within them. — Richelle E. Goodrich