“You see, all that I ever held dear has been taken from me," she said in a matter-of-fact tone. "And when you've lost everything-" Her facade began to crumble, and her voice broke, but she made herself carry on. "When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.”
Quote by Ken Follett
“Everybody takes what they life from the teachings of the church, and ignores the parts that don't suit them.”
“Thy soul shall find itself alone ’Mid dark thoughts of the gray tombstone— Not one, of all the crowd, to pry Into thine hour of secrecy. Be silent in that solitude, Which is not loneliness—for then The spirits of the dead who stood In life before thee are again In death around thee—and their will Shall overshadow thee: be still. [...]”
Source: The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated Edition): The Raven, Tamerlane, Ulalume, Annabel Lee, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-tale Heart, Berenice, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Philosophy of Composition, The Poetic Principle, Eureka…
“People who haven’t red hair don’t know what trouble is.”
Source: L. M. MONTGOMERY – Ultimate Collection: 20 Novels & 170+ Short Stories, Poetry, Letters and Autobiography (Including The Complete Anne of Green Gables Series & Emily Starr Trilogy): Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, The Blue Castle, Rilla of Ingleside, Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs, The Golden Road, Mistress Pat, Chronicles of Avonlea, Kilmeny of the Orchard and many more
“Never look for justice in this world, never cease to give it.”
Source: My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition
“God always ignores the present perfection for the ultimate perfection.”
Source: My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition
“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
“Chestnuts in stuffing tastes like someone chewed up a tree branch and then French-kissed it into your mouth.”
Source: Why We Broke Up
“Make up a story... For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief's wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul.”
“And though this world with devils filled, Should threaten to undo us, We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us.”
Source: Early Protestant Educators: The Educational Writings of Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Other Leaders of Protestant Thought
“Because...because...she came here with me.”
Source: The Hunger Games
