Quotes by American Authors - Page 1264

...perhaps mankind must have a time of darkness so that we will one day again know what a blessing is the light.
Marion Zimmer Bradley
In my business you measure your respect by the enemies you make.
Theo E. Colborn
Whatever you may believe about it, the birth of Jesus was so important that it split history into two parts. Everything that has ever happened on this planet falls into a category of before Christ or after Christ.
Philip Yancey
Opposition should never keep you from the work God has called you to do.
Jim George
Well, when it became obvious that magic was going to wreck the computer networks, people tried to preserve portions of the Internet. They took snapshots of their servers and sent the data to a central database at the Library of Congress. The project became known as the Library of Alexandria, because in ancient times Alexandria's library was said to contain all the human knowledge, before some jackass burned it to the ground.
Ilona Andrews
Another question I am frequently asked is, "What do you mean by recovery?" It has taken me a while to answer that one. I had been depending on other people's definitions of recovery until I developed one that worked for me (just as you must come to one that makes sense for you.) Mine is simple. For me, it is about fre
Mike Lew
Poetry seems especially like nothing else so much as itself. Poetry is not like, it is the very lining of the inner life.
C.D. Wright
There’s only one power in the world great enough to help us rise above the difficult things we face: the power of God.
Stormie Omartian
I never said "I want to be alone." I only said "I want to be left alone." There is all the difference.
Greta Garbo
You’ve heard the saying, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." Well, just change that to "F**k a man and you’ve made him happy for a day. Teach a man to f**k and you’ve made him happy for a lifetime.
Roberto Hogue
And each ripple builds and builds into the tidal wave of anarchy to which we are now doomed.
Brian Michael Bendis
Through Christ we have a new identity--we should not be speaking to our old man, the sinner, and giving him his identity back.
Eric Samuel Timm
The fields were fruitful, and starving men moved on the roads.
John Steinbeck
Time is self absorbed, takes what it wants and doesn't return the favor. It is greedy, its pockets full of the lives of those left behind. It is a magician and a thief.
Leigh Hershkovich
It is only when we admit our ignorance that we can hope to overcome it.
Chris Matakas
Still, the seeds of change have been sown in my mind, and they will not be easily forgotten.
C.M. Stunich
I’ll never speak to God again.
Sylvia Plath
When her daughter was frightened of a thunderstorm, the author pointed out the verse which declares the Heavens reveal the glory of God. When another storm occurred, her daughter ran to the window. "Mommy, God's really showing off today!
Beth Moore
Wonderful music like this was the worst hurt there could be. The whole world was the symphony, and there was not enough of her to listen.
Carson McCullers
SPIDER: I guess you’ve got a point.tRAYNIEDAY: No, I’ve got a stake, LOL.
Mari Mancusi
Rigg laughed softly at Lisa’s deadpan joke, but she halted when she noticed the back of Lisa’s neck: the factory number had been shaved away, roughly and angrily. Frowning in confusion, Rigg gently rubbed her fingers over the scrape, and Lisa flinched as if it hurt.“If someone saw this, you could be scrapped,” Rigg said anxiously. “I know,” was the soft reply. “I believe freedom is worth that risk.
Ash Gray
Beautiful face. Beautiful body. Horrible attitude. It was the holy trinity of hot boys.
Jennifer L. Armentrout
How we treat our land, how we build upon it, how we act toward our air and water, in the long run, will tell what kind of people we really are.-Laurance S. Rockefeller
Terry Tempest Williams
I'm not sure anyone knows what they're looking for until they find it
Kiera Cass
Breath is the door to the heart and soul. It moves chi and energizes cells.
Amy Leigh Mercree
Oh the places you'll go! There is fun to be done! There are points to be scored. There are games to be won. And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Dr. Seuss
We are touched by magic wands. For just a fraction of our day life is perfect, and we are absolutely happy and in harmony with the earth. The feeling passes much too quickly. But the memory – and the anticipation of other miracles – sustains us in the battle indefinitely.
John Nichols
There was a moment of tenderness between them, and for a moment he experienced the most rare, ridiculous emotion- hope.
Tessa Dare
The purpose of life is to familiarize oneself with this after-death body so that the act of dying will not create confusion in the psyche.
Terence McKenna
Yes. Knock and it shall be opened to you. The gift of wisdom can be found, if one wishes to search for it, and is willing to be altered by it. It is not a gift given without cost or transformation, nor one to be used lightly.
Faith Hunter
There are few things I hate more than feeling weak. Needing help or failing top the list. The worst, however, is knowing that all three just happened.
Christine Fonseca
While Lyndon Johnson was not, as his two assistants knew, a reader of books, he was, they knew, a reader of men— a great reader of men.
Robert A. Caro
Is it time for your period, or somet
Linda Howard
The stars will go out before I forget you, Mark Blackthorn.
Cassandra Clare
They were everything they ought to be and nothing else.
Patrick Rothfuss
but at the end of the day, who I come home to, who I share my accomplishments with is what makes the struggle worth it
Kristen Callihan
An absolute law without hope of appeal that's despotism!
Phineas Flynn
His beautiful eyes were full of dread and sorrow. “You’re different,” she whispered.He nodded. “Yes, I am.”“You should have told me how different.”A mirthless laugh escaped him. “When?
Dianne Duvall
It always came down to his freaking pride.
Cari Quinn
They say laughter is the best medicine, and I agree. Plus, it’s free, has no bad side effects and is available to EVERYONE.
Mindy Levy
Korea is often called the “Land of the Morning Calm.” It’s a country where you notice the filth and the smog on your first trip and you can’t imagine why you ever thought it was a good idea to visit. Then you meet the people and you walk among their culture and you get a sense there is something deeper beneath the surface, and before you know it, the smog doesn’t matter and the filth is gone—and in its place there is incredible beauty. The sun rises first over Japan, and as Korea is waiting for the earth to spin, for streaks of light to brighten its eastern sky, in that quiet moment there is a calmness that makes Korea the most beautiful country in the world.
Tucker Elliot
Not every President is a great speaker. Not every President is a great thinker. But in the modern era, every single President is a master of one thing: eye contact.
Brad Meltzer
By letting go of misguided beliefs, love and compassion can break through.
Arthur P. Ciaramicoli
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND YOUWhen I hold a rose,I see the soft, velvety petalsand smile, becausetucked betweenthose precious petalsis a special gift -the one of a fragrance,pure and sweet.When you hold a rose,you see the thornsalong the stem,and you frownbecause those thornscan bring you painand cause you to bleed.I see the gift.You see the tragedy.More and moreI fear that one of these dayssomeone will hand me a roseand all I will seeare thorns.Talk about tragedy.
Lisa Schroeder
Could it really be this easy to land a handsome man? If so, why didn't I try it ages ago?
Steve Hockensmith
I drift into the armpits of strangers, tasting their manic salt, and sleep to forget everything.
Laurie Halse Anderson
The highway behind gives me courage to move into the future. I desire to see the first light of tomorrow.
John E. Quinlan
I remember the sift that occurred after Abby was born - there'd been the great big before, where dying grandparents and natural disasters on the news were sad but mostly distant concerns. But then I became a mother, and when that happens, you cross a line that makes all loss a crushing, personal matter.
DEB CALLETI
Science cuts two ways, of course; its products can be used for both good and evil. But there's no turning back from science. The early warnings about technological dangers also come from science.
Carl Sagan
Of course, clothes don't make the man, but they make all of him except his hands and face during business hours, and that's a pretty considerable area of the human animal. A dirty shirt may hide a pure heart, but it seldom covers a clean skin. If you look as if you had slept in our clothes, most men will jump to the conclusion that you have, and you will never get to know them well enough to explain that your head is so full of noble thoughts that you haven't time to bother with the dandruff on your shoulders...Appearances are deceitful, I know, but so long as they are, there's nothing like having them deceive for us instead of against us.
George Horace Lorimer
He placed his hands to his belt buckle and undid it. “Just be careful, Red. This isn’t a fairytale. No one will save you, if you decide to see how sharp the wolf’s teeth really are.
Kenya Wright
Oh. Momma told me not to tell you that your bed squeaks. But I think you know, 'cause I could hear it this morning. Jake dropped his fork. Tor, for the first time Jake had ever seen, turned scarlet. Maureen looked at them both and sighed. Christmas is always so interesting with you, Mark.
Chris Owen
Don't tell me about your effort. Show me your results.
Tim Fargo
Being skeptical is a balancing act it doesn't mean being dismissive.
Evan Gough
I pursued education not instead of being a good mother, but because being a good mother required that I build a better life for my family.
Wendy Davis
There's nowhere that life feels more eternal, your dimwit youth more important, than Paris.
Charles Finch
As human beings, how do we choose to react in that instant when someone walks toward us, smiles, and begins to speak?
Jeff Deck
It was a strange thing about people- they could look the same but be different.
Bernard Malamud
From the moment they’d met, their friendship had been leading to more…
Katie Reus
I want to be humbled. I want to meet people more messed up than I am. I want to get lost and come out the other end having no idea who I am.
Heather Heffner