Vatersay Quotes & Sayings

It's your fault because you got me into Morag Fraser. I'd never even heard of the Hebridean Harpies series till you dragged me along to her event. And now I am totally hooked. I was reading Vampires on Vatersay till one in the morning. I just had to finish it. And then I started Banshees of Berneray at breakfast and I could hardly drag myself away from it to come and meet you. — Val McDermid

It's never permitted to be surprised at the aberrations of born fools. — Henry James

What is the usual reaction among our friends and neighbors if in a family something unexpected happens? ... Telephone and [email] are immediately put to work ... and the incident is discussed for days on end. It is no wonder there is no time left in which to ponder on what it might mean, what message God might want to bring home to us by permitting this or that to happen in our lives ... 'To ponder' is an all-but-forgotten art in our days. Who thinks? We don't need to anymore. The TV and [internet] do it for us. — Maria Augusta Von Trapp

I have a feeling that if Darwin turns out to be right, the Christian faith won't fall apart after all. Faith is more resilient than that. Like a living organism, it has a remarkable ability to adapt to change. At our best, Christians embrace this quality, leaving enough space within orthodoxy for God to surprise us every now and then. At our worst, we kick and scream our way through each and every change, burning books and bridges and even people along the way. But if we can adjust to Galileo's universe, we can adjust to Darwin's biology - even the part about the monkeys. If there's one thing I know for sure, it's that faith can survive just about anything, so long as it's able to evolve. — Rachel Held Evans

I had a great time on The Shield. From working on it I have a totally different view of law enforcement. — Glenn Close

Life hurls us like a stone, and we sail through the air saying, look at me move. — Fernando Pessoa

You can already download any of the religious texts onto electronic mechanisms like a Kindle. But I think many people prefer to hold a book in their hands. — Jimmy Carter

An experienced witch does not rely on karma. She relies on magickal justice. — Dacha Avelin

There are two kinds of courage. There's the kind you get from knowing that what you're doing is right. And there's the kind you get from knowing its hopeless and wrong, and just not giving a damn. — Gareth L. Powell

Any man, you'll soon learn, has an insurmountable need to blame someone else when he is made to look a fool. — Julia Quinn

Evil cannot be overcome by more evil. Evil can only be overcome by good. It is the lesson of the way of love. — Peace Pilgrim

You don't belong in this world, Abbey. You are not made for the dark. — F.J. Gale

My dad's a photographer. So I suppose he named me Ansel just in case I would take over the family business. I guess I failed him. — Ansel Elgort

The people's good fortune is my misfortune! — Max Stirner

You cannot commit an act of violence against a non-sentient object, only against a living thing. — Paul Watson

I did not do it for you, sire." Gawain was deadly serious now. "Death comes to us and all mortals. I shall still lose you one day. But Logres! The only perfection under heaven would fall if I could not save you. — Suzannah Rowntree