C. L. Gray Quotes

Histories of morality are rarely written in order to inform the reader.

Guilt is unavoidable for mothers.

The body of the last Flealouse contained the flesh of everything that had ever lived. It was content.

Most of the seven billion people in this world suffer from malnutrition. Half do not have enough to eat and the rest of us eat too much.

21Most food goes to waste in affluent societies. When we throw leftovers into the garbage, it goes to waste. When we eat more food than we need, it goes to waist.

The universe is in fact a multiverse.

I think that's the hardest part about mistakes: Sometimes the consequences aren't physical. Sometimes they simply chip away at the essence of who you are.

You are mine." He spoke against her lips. "You always have been. You always will be.

Jenny, " he whispered. "My Jenny.

A guilty conscience is not worth extra food.

Where there’s no free will, there’s no sin.

You can recognize a saint by the wounds they don't disguise.

God gave us feelings to feel them, not to judge them. He is the Judge.

The more broken you are, the more light gets through.

Whoa, wait a minute, Coletrane. Are you proposing to me?”“Well I would if you’d let me finish, ” he grumbled.

For our kind, death is only the beginning.

I want to live like there's no tomorrow. Love like I'm on borrowed time. It's good to be alive.

Grace is the music that happens inside of you when you hear the music.

why love tomorrow when you can love today.

Springtime blooms the starry treeBearing fruit the mariners see.High by night and low by dawnThe silver apple guides us home.

Your success in the job market has nothing to do with the job market itself - instead it has everything to do with you.

Well, I don't know, Lina. But let's just say I've met a lot of dead people.

…victory that comes from the sacrifice on an innocent isn’t a victory. It’s the end of us.

Only through sacrifice can Genesis survive.

The basis lies in the idea that if you're kind to others, good things will happen to you.

Never a horse that can’t be rode and never a rider that can’t be throwed. (I’ll pass this off as my own, but I really stole it from my father, a cowboy and rodeo rider in his younger years.)

When in doubt, follow the senses of beasts.

Also, somehow, there doesn't seem to be any old-fashioned gender roles in place, or any gender roles at all. The priest who condemned me to the mob was a woman. I'll cheer for equality later.

Our sainted aunts prate of living for others while our rich uncles call us mollycoddles for not fighting for what we want. Murder is a patriotic act if you commit it in a uniform

Where affluence is the rule, the true threat is the loss of desire.(...) What is new is not that prosperity depends on stimulating demand. It is that it cannot continue without inventing new vices.

Would you think it strange if I said I was having a good time? We're lost and confused and carrying around a cat. By all accounts, I should be feeling completely at a loss. Irritated.

I’m going, and don’t you dare try to stop me.”I ran through the door, willing myself to make it downstairs before I started to cry.

Today, it's possible to read both erotica and books written for children without fear of social castigation.

Even if that were true, it wouldn't be irony, " Lucas pointed out. "Irony is the contrast between what's said and what happens.

Full many a gem of purest ray sereneThe dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.

She could hear the rattle of hooves on stone evolve into a thunder of pursuit.

I made a noise of disgust, and I think I would have stormed out if I knew how to open the door.

I certainly don’t have any interest in being on a dark veranda with any man except my husband, unlike some women do.” - Esther Norman

He walked hesitantly toward her and then wrapped his arms around her in a gentle hug.“You just looked like you needed one, ” he said.

Christmas is a time of sharing, and joy and grace. There's no better time to entertain family and friends than now.

He threw his burning cigarette onto our clean living room floor and ground it into the wood with his boot.We were about to become cigarettes.

Sometimes we're loyal to more than one thing. When there's a conflict, we have to choose which loyalty to honor.

…one world’s poison might be another’s salvation

This could be our greatest nightmare. But maybe, intead this would be our only hope of salvation.

The first time I saw Cricket, I loved her. Little did I know that skinny, goofy girl would one day grow up to be a great dragon slayer. I would have pegged her for a shoemaker.

You don't even know what loyalty means.""The hell I don't! Ciena, if I weren't loyal to you, would I be here?

But nothing was a important as escaping Evernight or the ‘destiny’ my parents and teachers had decided for me. I had only one chance to be free and to be with the guy I loved. I intended to take it.

Her father had learned only one thing in prison. Not humility, nor patience, nor understanding...Marshall Kofer had learned to listen, at least to his daughter".

Silently he traces out a new constellation, one only he knows. One with Noemi at the very heart.

He lifted a hand to her face, running a fingertip across her cheekbone and down to her mouth. It lingered for a moment before he dropped his hand to his side. "I'll be here.