A Quotes
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“And if they thought her aimless, if they thought her a bit mad, let them. It meant they left her alone. Marya was not aimless, anyway. She was thinking.”
Source: Deathless
“And if things always stayed the same, Scarlett, what would be the reason for bothering to draw breath?”
Source: Scarlett: the sequel to Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the wind
“And if things go on as they are, in a few months the men will have cut all the trees down and that will be the end of the bubblegum tree - forever'.
Nobody said anything. Billy thought that he had never heard such a sad story before. Surely somebody could do something before the bubblegum trees before it was too late.”
Source: Explosive Adventures
“And if this girl, Mai, is half the woman the U.S. Marines seem think she is ... I am damned sure not going to get in her way.”
Source: Serpents Underfoot
“And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to receive and hear the petitions of the People, then I shall send my voice beyond the walls of this Capitol for redress.”
“And if this is illegal, then sue me!”
“And if this were so in all cases, the principle would be established, that sometimes conditions can be treated by things opposite to those from which they arose, and sometimes by things like to those from which they arose.”
“And if those children are unresponsive, maybe you can't teach them yet, but you can love them. And if you love them today, maybe you can teach them tomorrow.”
“And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs.”
“And if thou wilt, remember,
And if thou wilt, forget.”
“And if thought and emotion can persist in this way so long after the brain that sent them forth has crumpled into dust, how vitally important it must be to control their very birth in the heart, and guard them with the keenest possible restraint.”
“And if thy heart be straight with God then every creature shall be to thee a mirror of life and a book of holy doctrine for there is no creature so little or so despised but that sheweth and representeth the goodness of God.”
“And if Time is anything akin to God, I suppose that Memory must be the Devil.”
Source: The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood
“And if tomorrow my depression wins, just know I really gave it my all...”
“And if tonight my soul may find her peace in sleep, and sink in good oblivion, and in the morning wake like a new-opened flower then I have been dipped again in God, and new-created.”
“And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, in dimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.”
“And if travel is like love, it is, in the end, mostly because it's a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end.”
“And if unhappy in her love, her heart is like some fortress that has been captured, and sacked, and abandoned, and left desolate.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Washington Irving (Illustrated)
“And if we are good, we are beneficent: for all good things are beneficial. Are they not?”
“And if we are honest we have to make a distinction between a democratic Israel that wants to live in peace and the terrorists who want Israel wiped out. The Israelis were told to give up land for peace; they gave up the land, but got no peace.”
“And if we are lucky enough to be in a position of power, if our voice and our actions can mobilize change, don't we have a special obligation? Being an ally can't just be about nodding when someone says something we agree with - important as that is. It must also be about action. It's our job to stand up for those who are not at the table when life-altering decisions are made. Not just those people who look like us. Not just those who need what we need. Not just those who have gained an audience with us. Our duty is to improve the human condition - in every way we can, for everyone who needs it.”
Source: The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
“And if we are the ones not actively involved in electing those godly men and women and if people aren't involved in helping godly men in getting elected than we're going to have a nation of secular laws. That's not what our founding fathers intended and that's certainly isn't what God intended.”
“And if we are to open employment opportunities in this country for members of all races and creeds, then the Federal Government must set an example. The President himself must set the key example. I am not going to promise a Cabinet post or any other post to any race or ethnic group. That is racism in reverse at its worst. So I do not promise to consider race or religion in my appointments if I am successful. I promise only that I will not consider them.”
“And if we ask how are we to know where our hearts are, the answer is just as simple - everything which hinders us from loving God above all things and acts as a barrier between ourselves and our obedience to Jesus is our treasure, and the place where our heart is.”
Source: The Cost of Discipleship
“And if we ask what are the cultural resources that can inform and sustain a proper creaturely and stewardly awareness of the lives in a farmer's keeping, I believe that we will find them gathered under the heading of husbandry.”
Source: Bringing It to the Table: On Farming and Food
“And if we burn, you burn with us.”
Source: Mockingjay
“And if we can accept that a mother can kill her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another?”
“and if we can change things that have already happened if those planes can fly in uneasy formation if that splinter moon can blow away the shadows then anything, anything at all.”
Source: Dreaming of Amelia
“And if we can imagine the art of fiction come alive and standing in our midst, she would undoubtedly bid us break her and bully her, as well as honour and love her, for so her youth is renewed and her sovereignty assured.”
Source: Selected essays
“And if we continue our journey back into our unconscious we will discover our alien and inter-stellar origins.”
Source: Beyond Duality: The Art of Transcendence
“And if we could get the local leaders to appreciate their responsibility for the environment then they would be able to explain that responsibility to the people of their faith.”
“And if we do act, in however small a way, we don’t have to wait for some grand utopian future. The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live right now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”
“And if we do not stand now, then when will a stand be taken against evil?”
Source: A Daughter of Zion
“And if we do speak out, we risk rejection and ridicule. I had a best friend once, the kind that you go shopping with and watch films with, the kind you go on holiday with and rescue when her car breaks down on the A1. Shortly after my diagnosis, I told her I had DID. I haven't seen her since. The stench and rankness of a socially unacceptable mental health disorder seems to have driven her away.”
Source: Living with the Reality of Dissociative Identity Disorder: Campaigning Voices
“And if we don't keep moving, we won't make it to a computer in time to stop the submarine sale because we'll have to spend a second night in the jungle, surrounded by friggin' pit vipers. In the rain. And I am sick and tired of the rain. I want to get a roof over our heads and dry clothes for you because I can see right through your damn shirt and it's driving me crazy.”
Source: Tempted into Danger
“And if we don’t lift our voice — with intention, urgency, and truth — we risk becoming fluent in technology, but silent in humanity.”
— Obsolete: The Education Wake-Up Call”
Source: Obsolete: The Education Wake-Up Call
“And if we even affirm that He was born of a virgin, accept this in common with what you accept of Perseus.”
Source: The Sacred Writings of Justin Martyr (Annotated Edition)
“And if we fail? (Delphine) It’ll suck to be human. (Madoc)”
“And if we folks have a motto, it's this: 'Don't holler - smile and bide your time.' We've survived a passel of things that way, smiling and biding our time, and we've gotten to be experts at surviving.”
Source: Gone with the wind
“And if we get caught, I will claim I made you go. At gunpoint. I am American. People will assume I'm armed.”
Source: The Name of the Star
“And if we must educate our poets and artists in science, we must educate our masters, labour and capital, in art.”
“And if we never visit Paris, that's okay. Your heart is my exotic destination every day.”
“And if we now cast our eyes over the nations of the earth, we shall find that, instead of possessing the pure religion of the Gospel, they may be divided either into infidels, who deny the truth; or politicians who make religion a stalking horse for their ambition; or professors, who walk in the trammels of orthodoxy, and are more attentive to traditions and ordinances of men than to the oracles of truth.”
“And if we obey God, we must disobey ourselves, and it is in this disobeying ourselves, wherein the hardness of obeying God consists.”
“And if we ourselves have a vocation, if we have not betrayed it, if over the years we have continued to love it, to serve it passionately, we are able to keep all sense of ownership out of our love for our children. But if on the other hand we do not have a vocation, or if we have abandoned it or betrayed it out of cynicism or a fear of life, or because of mistaken parental love, or because of some little virtue that exists within us, then we cling to our children as a shipwrecked mariner clings to a tree trunk.”
Source: The Little Virtues
“And if we seem nutty to you and if we seem like an odd ball to you, just remember one thing. The mighty oak tree was once a nut just like me.”
“And if we stopped believing people were capable of change, then the world might as well be left to burn.”
Source: A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
“And if we take it seriously, we are going to find that this simple notion of a loving God does not make for an easy philosophy.”
Source: The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth
“And if we walk away now, if we simply retreat into our respective corners, we will never be able to come together and solve challenges like health care, or education, or the need to find good jobs for every American.”
“And if we want to achieve our goal, then let us empower ourselves with the weapon of knowledge and let us shield ourselves with unity and togetherness.”