Her hands were empty now, as empty as her heart, which itself was a coconut shell with its meat scooped out.

Liquor is the kiss of the angels as well as the curse of the devil. It can conceal but also can reveal

Life happened. In all its banality, brutality, cruelty, unfairness. But also in its beauty, pleasures and delights. Life happened.

Tomorrow. The word hangs in the air for a moment, both a promise and a threat. Then it floats away like a paper boat, taken from her by the water licking at her ankles.

You felt a deep sorrow, the kind of melancholy you feel when you're in a beautiful place and the sun is going down

So all I'm saying is, everything that seems important--our quarrels, or philosophical differences--in the end, it doesn't matter much. You know? In the end, what matters is what remains.

The Forty Rules of Love is a wise, joyous page-turner... and one that speaks urgently to our war-ravaged times.

but her mind feels feverish as it races through the crowded hallways of the past

Why worry, if today be sweet'?

Think of how far you've come, " Maggie said softly. "And then ask yourself how much farther you wish to go

Resolutely ignoring Banu's dark mutterings, steeling herself against the barrage of harsh words that questioned her motives, her upbringing, and her morality

My vigour vitality and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from.

If you don't have passion, you have no energy, and if you don't have energy, you have nothing.

Men, for the most part, like to pursue women. We like not knowing if we can catch you. We feel rewarded when we do. Especially when the chase is a long one.

God's Kingdom is a place of abundance where every generous act overflows its original bounds and becomes part of the unbounded grace of God at work in the world.

Take away your opinion, and then there is taken away the complaint, 'I have been harmed.' Take away the complaint, 'I have been harmed,' and the harm is taken away.

Gifts are given, but fruit must be grown

Israel is a start-up nation, and I think it can be done in other places. I will do it outside the government. I don't need the government.

I have often heard, that it is safer to hear and to take counsel, than to give it.

What the river was showing her now was that she could flow beyond the brokenness, redeem herself, and fuse once more.