J. W. N. Sullivan Quotes

That living has no value - it's what you do with life that gives it worth.

Don't worry, my son, if you don't believe in Maribor and the blessings He provides. Belief in Him isn't a requirement. It doesn't stop Him from believing in you. (capital H's added for reverence)

She had learned over time that to know anything was bearable. It was secrecy that could not be borne.

The gentle waters poured from the heavens, baptizing the two angels in a healing shower that washed away their differences, lifting the veil from their sight, and they knew they were the same.

It was amazing that you did not become your grief entirely, and walk about leaking it everywhere.

I want my life back.-Dear Blue Sky

Arkadia wrapped her arms around his waist and laid her head upon the muscular cliff face he called his chest.

That girl is just plain crazy, " Chey said as she looped her arm through Arkadia's. 'I swear when they were handing out social skills she was still in the line for shoes.

I just never noticed how little of me existed before. I was a shadow without a person.

Meaning, yes -- I don't really exist except on the page or in the back of your brain. But if you think it's weird a fictional character's telling this story, you ain't seen what happened, yet.

Take my advice: live your life to the fullest. Breathe the air, taste the wine, kiss the girls, and always remember that the tales of another are never as wondrous as your own.

Anna gave her that disjointed look with which so many people regarded Hannah, as if they has fallen too many words behind to ever catch up.

Am I higher or lower than she? It was always the vital question for Anna: who was superior, and how she could position herself so that she would be perceived as superior?

I'm rarely rude except accidentally, and that doesn't really count...

You are my heart now. Whatever happens to you happens to me.

When you love someone, you’re capable of more than you know.

When she loves, she loves with her whole heart, giving herself completely, holding nothing back.

The only one I want, the only one I'll ever want, is you.

How can I expect to get anything done around here with you touching me like that?

...because I'm even more determined to bring that light back to his eyes. And I know my love is strong enough to do it.

I'd rather have weeks, days, hours with you happy and content than a lifetime filled with regret.

I promise to keep my hands to myself. I'm too exhausted to make a move on you.

You're it for me, Katie. You're my world now.

Because I was there that day, and so were you.

When the dead betray the living, the victims are memories.--The Book of Brin

It is surprising how many great men started out as horse thieves.

Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.

We are the nation of human progress, and who will, what can, set limits to our onward march?

She knew that she must sit quietly and patiently and, like her beloved butterflies, eventually he would come to rest.

Everywhere on our planet one hand greases another. Often it's done with a bloated face, wearing a serpent's smile. M.Sullivan

Survival was an unpleasent thing to witness.

How she felt when he kissed her- like a tub of roses swimming in honey, cologne, nutmeg and blackberries.

Revenge is a bittersweet fruit that leaves the foul aftertaste of regret.

It is a rare person who can cut himself off from mediate and immediate relations with others for long spaces of time without undergoing a deterioration in personality.

Sharks don’t eat seafood because they like it, but because chicken can’t swim.

A spirit of satirical frivolity so dominated Britain in the 1960s that one critic feared the country "would sink giggling into the sea.

One of life's contradictions: how human beings were at once entirely resilient and impossibly fragile. One decision could stay with you forever, and yet you could live through almost anything.

Decisions Determine the directions of your destiny

If you are different from the rest of the flock, they bite you

Guilt is a self-indulgence.

Always remember that the tales of another are never as wondrous as your own.

There's a world of difference between a dog that is off the leash and a dog that is trained to be off the leash.

I believe there are two kinds of people in this world. The ones who do everything right, expecting the perfect outcome every time, and those who know better.

The nerves, the anxiety, the pressure, it's all gone. Being in his arms took it all away.

Because you should never run from something that scares you. This time, you won't be alone. I'll be with you.

I'll never forgive myself for putting you in danger, allowing you to get hurt.

How am I ever going to find the strength to leave him?

Michelle, I think it's time you came back to New York with me.

I'll do whatever it takes to get you back in my life.

He's the light that guided me to where I am now, out of the darkness, out of despair.