"A bruxis. That was the one wish more powerful than a gavriel, and its trade value was singular: The only way to purchase one was with oneâ€™s own teeth. All of them, self-extracted."

-- Laini Taylor

#Powerful Quotes #Self Quotes #Wish Quotes

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
“My only good result in 1997 was marrying Brooke Shields.”
“You know, Monsieur, that, although the contemplative life is more perfect than the active life, it is not, however, more so than one which embraces at the same time contemplation and action, as does yours, by God's grace.”
“Holding up my purring cat to the moon. I sighed.”
“Our forefather Adam... used his freedom to turn toward what was worse and to direct his desire away from what had been permitted to what was forbidden. It was in his power 'to be united to the Lord and become one spirit with God...' (I Cor. 6:15). But Adam was deceived and chose to cut himself off voluntarily from God's happy end for him, preferring by his own free choice to be drawn down to the earth (cf. Gen. 2:17) than to become God by grace.”
“Salvation is free, but discipleship will cost you your life”
“One mushroom cloud would change history. My deepest fear is that this is exactly what they Al Qaeda intend.”

Source : "At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA". Book by George Tenet and Bill Harlow (Chapter "They Want to Change History"), www.nbcnews.com. April 30, 2007.
“People know Detroit for the cars, but the suburban areas of the city are really beautiful. It's much more inhabitable than people think. Many believe it's like Berlin at the end of World War II.”

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