Vientiane Capital Quotes & Sayings

Guilt is a spiritual Rubicon. — Jane Porter

You love your virtue as the mother her child; but when was it heard of a mother wanting to be paid for her love? — Friedrich Nietzsche

Fransisco, what's the most depraved type of human being?
-The man without purpose. — Ayn Rand

The motto for every missionary, whether preacher, printer, or schoolmaster, ought to be 'Devoted for Life.' — Adoniram Judson

However hard some things are to understand, it is never helpful to start picking and choosing biblical truths we find congenial, as if the Bible is an open-shelved supermarket where we are at perfect liberty to choose only the chocolate bars. For the Christian, it is God's Word, and it is not negotiable. What answers we find may not be exhaustive, but they give us the God who is there, and who gives us some measure of comfort and assurance. The alternative is a god we manufacture, and who provides no comfort at all. Whatever comfort we feel is self-delusion, and it will be stripped away at the end when we give an account to the God who has spoken to us, not only in Scripture, but supremely in his Son Jesus Christ. — D. A. Carson

shoulder again and she was laughing. "You can rot in hell, Dillon." Dillon said, "For God's sake, no," and half-slipped to the floor. "Now don't be silly, old friend, make it easy on yourself. Just get up." Which Dillon did, at the same time he was drawing the Colt from the ankle holster, ramming the muzzle into the side of Rupert Dauncey's head, and pulling the trigger. There was an explosion of bone fragments and blood, the hollow point cartridge doing its work, and Dauncey dropped the Walther and fell back against the side of the door. Dillon pushed and sent him out into space. He grabbed at the Airstair door and closed it. He turned and found that Kate Rashid had put the Eagle on automatic and was reaching for her purse. She took out a small pistol, but he lunged, wrestled it from her, and tossed it to the back of the plane. She was hysterical with rage and — Jack Higgins

Everyone has the right to tell the truth about her own life. — Ellen Bass

I needed, I decided, to really know her, because I needed more to remember. Before I could begin the shameful process of forgetting the how and the why of her living and dying, I needed to learn it: How. Why. When. Where. What. — John Green

There are no eyes so sharp as the eyes of hatred. — George Stillman Hillard

There are no amateurs in the world of children. — Don DeLillo

A cynic is a person who sees things as it is; he has no concept of future or past. — Debasish Mridha

Liberal Christians are distinguished by how much moral and intellectual ground they can concede to the adversaries of Christianity. — Dinesh D'Souza

Many times I had to dig deep and perform. All of that adversity helped me and drove me to want to be the best. — Hayley Wickenheiser