Vilagarcia De Arousa Quotes & Sayings

True beauty is what lies inside of us, not what the world sees. A beautiful shell that houses a vile soul becomes sullied over time. But an outer shell, imperfect as it may be, that houses a beautiful, shines with that beauty, radiating it for all who have eyes to see. — Sara B. Larson

Karl Barth said it well: "We have to read the Bible in one hand ... and the newspaper in the other." Our faith should not cause us to escape this world but to engage it. — Shane Claiborne

So, I guess motherhood and the threat of not being able to pay my rent inspired me to be a novelist. But as far as what inspired me to be a writer, it's the stories. It sounds very cliched, but the stories rise up and demand to be told. They always have done, long before I became a writer. — Gayle Forman

When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me. — W. Somerset Maugham

Ambition - it is the last infirmity of noble minds. — James M. Barrie

When one woman tells her truth, it makes a space for other women to tell their truths. — Adrienne Rich

How could you receive a member of the Male Sex in your bedroom, and in your dressing gown?Sir, I must request you to leave immediately!"
"You don't mean to tell me that's a dressing gown?" interrupted Mr Carlton, a dangerous gleam in his eyes." Well, it's by far the most elegant one I've ever been priviledged to see, and I suppose I must have seen scores of 'em in my time-paid for them too! — Georgette Heyer

Our thoughts and imagination are the only real limits to our possibilities. — Orison Swett Marden

Michael Cole loves me and I love it! — The Miz

We need a dream-world in order to discover the features of the real world we think we inhabit. — Paul Karl Feyerabend

Monogamy was an invention of men who wished to reduce the power of women over them. — Louis De Bernieres

The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure. — D.H. Lawrence

What is the greatest mystery of the universe? The answer is brick. Or is it blanket? I forget which one. — Jarod Kintz