precious

Link	Quote	Tags	Author
50a2c94	To them, as to Magnus, time was like rain, glittering as it fell, changing the world, but something that could also be taken for granted. Until you loved a mortal. Then time became gold in a miser's hands, every bright year counted out carefully, infinitely precious, and each one slipping through your fingers.	magnus-bane mortal pass precious taken-for-granted time year	Cassandra Clare
f0a8ae4	There is more beauty than our eyes can bear, precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm.	brave courage deception eyes fortitude grace inspirational kind kindness life love precious stewardship world	Marilynne Robinson
0644ecd	I'll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country. I will pray you find a way to be useful. I'll pray, and then I'll sleep.	brave courage fortitude god grace inspirational jesus kind kindness life love pray prayer praying precious prudence stewardship world	Marilynne Robinson
37716f4	The youngest Merriville, bursting into the room some time later, found them seated side by side on the sofa. 'Buddle said I wasn't to disturb you, but I knew was fudge,' he said scornfully. 'Cousin Alverstoke, there is someting I wanted to ask you!' He broke off, perceiving suddenly, and with disfavour, that his Cousin Alverstoke had an arm round Frederica. Revolted by such a betrayal of unmanliness, he bent a disapproving look upon his idol and demanded: 'Why are you cuddling Frederica, sir?' 'Because we are going to be married,' replied his lordship calmly. 'It's obligatory, you know. One is expected to -er - cuddle the lady one is going to marry.' 'Oh!' said Felix. 'Well, won't ask anyone to marry , if that's what you have to do! I just say I never thought that sir would have-' Again he broke off, as a thought struck him. 'Will that make her a - a -Marquis? Oh, Jessamy, did you hear that? Frederica is going to be a She-Marquis!' 'What you mean is a you ignorant little ape!' replied his austere brother	heyer humor precious	Georgette Heyer
c13dde2	It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious.	book-1 chapter-1 gandalf lord-of-the-rings precious ring	J.R.R. Tolkien
df30662	"The pursuit of joy in God is not optional. It is not an "extra" that a person might grow into after he comes to faith. It is not simply a way to "enhance" your walk with the Lord. Until your heart has hit upon this pursuit, your "faith" cannot please God. It is not saving faith. Saving faith is the confidence that if you sell all you have and forsake all sinful pleasures, the hidden treasure of holy joy will satisfy your deepest desires. Saving faith is the heartfelt conviction not only that Christ is reliable, but also that He is desirable. It is the confidence that He will come through with His promises and that what He promises is more to be desired than all the world."	everything freedom joy life peace precious prize purity treasure wholeness	John Piper
56e9d46	> Why does everything that lives have to die? < So life would be precious, Asher. Something that is yours forever, is never precious.	forever precious precious-life	Chaim Potok
01d7e68	Every living thing is precious somehow.	precious	T.A. Barron
b103865	My Precioussss! -Gollum	humor j-r-r-tolkien movie precious the-hobbit	J.R.R. Tolkien
6464509	Young love is common, but that doesn't mean it's not precious.	love precious wisdom young-love	Eoin Colfer
86f2213	After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not move quickly enough. No more playing music at half-empty night clubs. No more writing songs in my apartment, songs that no one would hear.	funeral life perspective precious time urgency	Mitch Albom

50a2c94

To them, as to Magnus, time was like rain, glittering as it fell, changing the world, but something that could also be taken for granted. Until you loved a mortal. Then time became gold in a miser's hands, every bright year counted out carefully, infinitely precious, and each one slipping through your fingers.

magnus-bane mortal pass precious taken-for-granted time year

Cassandra Clare

f0a8ae4

There is more beauty than our eyes can bear, precious things have been put into our hands and to do nothing to honor them is to do great harm.

brave courage deception eyes fortitude grace inspirational kind kindness life love precious stewardship world

Marilynne Robinson

0644ecd

I'll pray that you grow up a brave man in a brave country. I will pray you find a way to be useful. I'll pray, and then I'll sleep.

brave courage fortitude god grace inspirational jesus kind kindness life love pray prayer praying precious prudence stewardship world

Marilynne Robinson

37716f4

The youngest Merriville, bursting into the room some time later, found them seated side by side on the sofa. 'Buddle said I wasn't to disturb you, but I knew was fudge,' he said scornfully. 'Cousin Alverstoke, there is someting I wanted to ask you!' He broke off, perceiving suddenly, and with disfavour, that his Cousin Alverstoke had an arm round Frederica. Revolted by such a betrayal of unmanliness, he bent a disapproving look upon his idol and demanded: 'Why are you cuddling Frederica, sir?' 'Because we are going to be married,' replied his lordship calmly. 'It's obligatory, you know. One is expected to -er - cuddle the lady one is going to marry.' 'Oh!' said Felix. 'Well, won't ask anyone to marry , if that's what you have to do! I just say I never thought that sir would have-' Again he broke off, as a thought struck him. 'Will that make her a - a -Marquis? Oh, Jessamy, did you hear that? Frederica is going to be a She-Marquis!' 'What you mean is a you ignorant little ape!' replied his austere brother

heyer humor precious

Georgette Heyer

c13dde2

It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious. Yes, my precious.

book-1 chapter-1 gandalf lord-of-the-rings precious ring

J.R.R. Tolkien

df30662

"The pursuit of joy in God is not optional. It is not an "extra" that a person might grow into after he comes to faith. It is not simply a way to "enhance" your walk with the Lord. Until your heart has hit upon this pursuit, your "faith" cannot please God. It is not saving faith. Saving faith is the confidence that if you sell all you have and forsake all sinful pleasures, the hidden treasure of holy joy will satisfy your deepest desires. Saving faith is the heartfelt conviction not only that Christ is reliable, but also that He is desirable. It is the confidence that He will come through with His promises and that what He promises is more to be desired than all the world."

everything freedom joy life peace precious prize purity treasure wholeness

John Piper

56e9d46

> Why does everything that lives have to die? < So life would be precious, Asher. Something that is yours forever, is never precious.

forever precious precious-life

Chaim Potok

01d7e68

Every living thing is precious somehow.

precious

T.A. Barron

b103865

My Precioussss! -Gollum

humor j-r-r-tolkien movie precious the-hobbit

J.R.R. Tolkien

6464509

Young love is common, but that doesn't mean it's not precious.

love precious wisdom young-love

Eoin Colfer

86f2213

After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not move quickly enough. No more playing music at half-empty night clubs. No more writing songs in my apartment, songs that no one would hear.

funeral life perspective precious time urgency

Mitch Albom