C.F. Joyce Quotes
Frequent and violent temptations were a proof that the citadel of the soul had not fallen and that the devil raged to make it fall.
If there is any difficulty in what I write, it is because of the material I use. The thought is always simple.
Rome is a place almost worn out by being looked at, a city collapsing under the weight of reference.
I've been a professional writer for 20 years, and there are contours in that time, crescents and troughs.
Individuals need to be willing to face truth about their attitudes, behaviors, even what we want out of life.
Learning to live for others isn't something that just comes naturally to anybody. You have to train yourself to do it.
The ideal art, the noblest of art: working with the complexities of life, refusing to simplify, to "overcome" doubt.
But maybe it's what the world needs. A little less sense, and a little more faith.
Apart from my absolute belief in National Socialism and my conviction of Hitler's superhuman heroism, I had always been attracted to Germany.
you know, a daydream properly utilized can be the most powerful force in the universe. One need only dream of freedom to begin to break the spell of enslavement.
Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all.
And I’m drawn to failure. I often write about it, and I’m sympathetic with it, I think, because I feel I’m contending with it constantly in my own life.
The simple but observable fact is that the more you love, the more you are able to love.
You wake up one morning, those years are gone. There's a comfort in this fact perhaps. I want to think that there must be comfort in all facts we can't alter.
Only when men are connected to large, universal goals are they really happy-and one result of their happiness is a rush of creative activity.
Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo
No, the thing is, we all love storytelling, and as a writer you get to tell stories all the time.
Each genre exerts a considerable spell, as a kind of "form" to be filled, as a Shakespearean sonnet is filled.
Her wish to die was as pervasive as a dial tone: you lift the receiver, it's always there.
Of the widow's countless death-duties there is really just one that matters: on the first anniversary of her husband's death the widow should think I kept myself alive.
What kind of liberation would that be to forsake an absurdity which is logical and coherent and to embrace one which is illogical and incoherent?
Ineluctable modality of the visible; at least that if no more, thought through my eyes. Signatures of all things I am here to read.
Desire's wind blasts the thorntree but after it becomes from a bramblebush to be a rose upon the rood of time.
I really felt that 'Three's Company' was a gift. When it ended, I had money in the bank and had the luxury to pursue a life that meant something, to learn and discover.
Forgiveness is manifested mercy; it is live in action - not love based on a feeling, but love based on a decision, an intentional choice to obey God.
God is a good choice to lean on. He has a proven record of faithfulness to those who commit their lives to Him.
God knows the mess we’re in when He calls us. His light shines greater through “cracked pots” than it does through those who have it all together.
Forgiveness is nothing more and nothing less than an act of self-healing-an act of self-empowermen t.
