"Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself."

-- William Ralph Inge

#Prayer Quotes #Mean Quotes #Opportunity Quotes

“Orangutan are very weird animals but they look very soulful.”
“I was going to fight vampires, and my name wasn't Buffy--I was so screwed.”

Source : Patricia Briggs (2013). “Frost Burned”, p.174, Penguin
“I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't.”
“Remember the people in the back streets of Derby.”

Source : 1961 Headlines all my Life, ch.1.
“I think there is a way to be formal and elegant and classy, but more modern. Brad Pitt has been changing it, and Will Smith has been doing it in his own way.”
“When we do for others, we can't help but be touched by the love and generosity we thought we were giving away.”
“I am not kind, I cut people off as with shears and I drop them like nettles.”

Source : Edna O'Brien (1985). “A Fanatic Heart: Selected Stories of Edna O'Brien”, Plume
“If we begin to get in touch with whatever we feel with some kind of kindness, our protective shells will melt, and we'll find that more areas of our lives are workable. AS we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others-what and whom we can work with, and how-becomes wider.”

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