"Writing must always have intention because words have power."

-- Suheir Hammad

#Writing Quotes #Intention Quotes

“Sometimes we get caught up in trying to glorify God by praising what He can do and we lose sight of the practical point of what He actually does do.”

Source : "Yanni: Live at the Acropolis". Music, TV Special, 1994.
“Religion must affirm, in the clearest terms, that morality and ethical values are not mere decorative frills of personal opinion, not subjective superstructure, but intrinsic laws of the cosmos built into the heart of reality.”
“The Irish Republican Army has kept every commitment made by its leadership.”
“I need the starshine of your heavenly eyes, after the day's great sun.”

Source : Charles Hanson Towne (1908). “The Quiet Singer: And Other Poems”
“Italian hospitals are great. The doctor smoking in the emergency room will sign any prescription you ask for.”
“It's better to finish at the peak or soon after it, than to wait until the audience notices a decline.”
“Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous, one provision is conspicuous by its presence and another by its absence.”

Source : "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 2-3, Address to the Electors of the City of London (April 6, 1859), 1922.
“People are much like those stars up there. Some burn faintly for millions of years, barely visible to us on earth. They're there, but you'd hardly know it. They blend in, like a speck on a canvas. But others blaze with such intensity, they light up the sky. You can't help but notice them, marvel at them. Those are the ones that never last long. They can't. They use up all their energy quickly”

Source : Sarah Jio (2013). “The Last Camellia: A Novel”, p.162, Penguin

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