"When we ever invited the beast to dinner he didn't come in and swipe the napkins and start taking notes on the tablecloth 'bout how to take over the whole house?"

-- Toni Cade Bambara

#House Quotes #Dinner Quotes #Napkins Quotes

“It's amazing what you can learn to get used to.”
“An epigram is a half-truth so stated as to irritate the person who believes the other half.”
“Give me a strong back, over a soft heart.”

Source : Connie Brockway (2007). “The Bridal Season: A Loveswept Classic Romance”, Loveswept
“It takes us long to learn that prayer is more important than organization, more powerful than armies, more influential than wealth and mightier than all learning.”
“Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.”
“We seldom realize fully that we are sent to fulfill God-given tasks. We act as if we were simply dropped down in creation and have to decide to entertain ourselves until we die. But we were sent into the world by God, just as Jesus was. Once we start living our lives with that conviction, we will soon know what we were sent to do.”
“Err in the direction of kindness.”
“Now that I no longer desire all, I have it all without desire.”

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