Life's only obligation, afterall, was to be interesting.
Daddy always said the only thing worth begging for was your life, but maybe he was wrong. Maybe sometimes your love is a little bit worth begging for, too.
I know you did, lass. You're the toughest girl I know. " "'Lass'? Where did that come from?" "I don't know. I just felt the urge to call you that.
Speak up,' says Myrna who has a fuzzy white caterpillar of a moustache. 'My hearing's not so good. ' 'I WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD. ' Liz turns to Thandi. 'I thought you said you didn't remember how you got the hole in your head. ' Thandi apologizes. 'I just remembered. ' 'Shot in the head!' Florence-scratchy-voice says. 'Oy, that's rough. ' 'Aw, it's nothing special. Happens pretty regularly where I'm from,' Thandi says. 'WHAT?' asks Myrna with the moustache. 'Say it toward my left ear, that's the good one. ' 'I SAID, "IT'S NOTHING SPECIAL,"' Thandi yells
In life, Jane reflected, the most interesting things tend to happen when you're on your way to do something else.
In you, I found infinity. In you, I was reborn
People are capable of great, great change during the span of one lifetime. And women even more than men.
In Luke. . . receiving the Holy Spirit is the way that those who already believe in Christ are empowered to serve Him. . . . . It's more important to focus on how one lives the Spirit-filled life than on a rigid formula for receiving it. . . . Receiving the Spirit in the Lucan sense is not a one-time event, but an ongoing way of life.
Optimism is a faith that leads to success.
You've been brought up like a gentleman and a Christian, and I should be false to the trust laid upon me by your dead father and mother if I allowed you to expose yourself to such temptation. ' Well, I know I'm not a Christian and I'm beginning to doubt whether I'm a gentleman,' said Philip.
The day you stop caring what other people think of you is the day your life begins.