"You're not looking for a partner," Ranger said. "You're looking for an enforcer. You hate to run. You must be worried about getting into that black dress. What did you eat just now? Piece of cake? Candy bar?" "Everything," I said. "I just ate everything."

-- Janet Evanovich

#Running Quotes #Hate Quotes #Cake Quotes

“When we feel how God was in our sorrows, we shall trust the more blessedly that He will be in our deaths.”
“The big fun in 'Battleship' is that there are no current battleships in the Navy today. The battleships are about 1,000 feet long and they have huge guns. They were what you saw in WWII. The last battleship that was used was the Missouri, which is what the Japanese surrendered to.”
“Take a look at your natural river. What are you? Stop playing games with yourself. Where's your river going? Are you riding with it? Or are you rowing against it? Don't you see that there is no effort if you're riding with your river?”
“Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.”
“Our lives are just spectacles. We are like dolls, in a sense, to be observed and played with - often with cruel and deceitful intentions - in an unreal world.”

Source : Kathryn Lasky (2013). “The Royal Diaries: Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles, Austria-France, 1769”, p.182, Scholastic Inc.
“When we look up at night and view the stars, everything we see is shinning because of distant nuclear fusion.”
“Tis action moves the world....[in] the game of chess, mind that: ye cannot leave your men to stand unmoving on the board and hope to win. A soldier must first step upon the battlefield if does mean to cross it.”

Source : Susanna Kearsley (2011). “Sophia's Secret”, p.270, Allison & Busby
“Learn, brethren, before it be too late, that â€˜without Christ you can do nothing:â€™ that â€˜all your fresh springs are in him:â€™ and â€˜of him must your fruit be founds:â€™ â€˜in him alone shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.â€™”

Source : Charles Simeon (1802). “Helps to Composition, Or, Five Hundred Skeletons of Sermons: pt.1. Sermons CCCXLIII through CCCCLXXIII”, p.709

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