R. H. Dana Quotes
Writing is easy...all you have to do is sit at the typewriter and bleed. -- Ernest Hemingway
What if just you and I hung out, like last summer?" Nick sat up and began twirling a lock of my wet hair around his finger. "Josh never needs to know.
When humanity stops confusing the construct with the Kingdom - we'll begin to recognize the Truth.
My brother, he says. My brother is dead."And again he asks me to kill him. One more time before he falls to his knees and sobs. And i get it. I do. Because i have a brother too.
When you have an open mind and you're flexible....not married to your beliefs, you can see clearly because you're able to feel and remain neutral at the same time.You're curious.
Nana’s oven-baked fried chicken cut off the bone (with plenty of ketchup) was a huge hit. So were Thanksgiving turkey bathed in gravy and Nana’s Passover brisket
What was I was dying for? The sins of the past? The wrongs of the present? Did it even matter?
We tell our stories, especially as young people, in part because we want them to be true. We want life to be full of adventure and creativity and daring that might, just might, be real.
No matter where you once were, no matter how dark your storm, God doesn't want you to remain there. Overcoming may not be easy, but it's possible when you ask your Father to battle for you.
That empty sick feeling came over me again. In a big school it was easy to fade into the background, but I didn’t know if that would be possible here. I tried not to think about it anymore.
No matter what her father wanted, no way was Clara going to partner up with Light Walker. He'd suggested a tarantula for a snack, for heaven's sake. The were never, ever, ever going to work together.
Ah, you're warming up to me. You know what comes next." "Bitter disappointment?" she deadpanned.
Where did you grow up?" He wiggled his eyebrows at her. "Who says I've grown up?
Sometimes we have to reach rock bottom before we're willing to rise up and overcome our trials.
The roof was torn off the gym. God's way of telling the jocks that they'd better remember who's really charge.
Don't sound so grumpy. Next thing you know you'll be whinning and giving me puppy dog eyes.
I can't find the words." She stared daggers at him. "Don't hurt yourself trying.
You're not horribly terrible." He shook his head at her. "You say the nicest things." He held her gaze for a moment. "You're not trying to get into my pants, are you?
Quickly, Ian learned the danger of holding her. Once he allowed his arm around her, letting her go was nearly impossible.
She could live without her past. She was better off without her past. But Ian couldn’t live without his heart.
His voice still had the rasp of desire as he asked, "If I disappear, will you come and find me?
I hope we'll be friends." His grin was pure sin.... She stuck with the truth. "I hope we won't be enemies.
You are more beautiful at first light then most girls are dressed and glamorous." Dana Christy
Have you found your Christmas spirit yet? he asked as they drove by Broslin Square. The decorations were out of control. "This place would make Liberace feel underdressed.
I chose to stay with him for all the things that he had done right and not to leave him for the one thing that he had done wrong.
If it feels as though life is screwing with you - it isn't. The world isn't 'against you'.It's simply showing you what you believe and giving you a chance to observe it and change it.
The more you are grateful for what you have, the more you can live fully in the present.
I bolted upright in my bed, gasping for air and still feeling his touch on my hand. I could feel him watching me. I could feel him waiting for me.
I was not boy crazy. Really, I wasn't. But I was lonely, I guess.
And this I hate - not men nor flag nor race But only War with its wild grinning face.
Hope is the one positive force to help us persevere during our darkest storms. Jesus gives us hope when He walks beside us through the fiery furnace and helps us rise above adversity.