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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| 716e7d8 | there is a kind of comfort to be gained from the passing of time, hour upon hour, day upon day, time falling like thick flakes of snow, the next laid upon the last, again and again, until what has been is gradually covered over, its original shape and colour hidden under a blanket of what is now. | Sarah Dunant | ||
| 9948466 | Borgia bastard could never be the social equal of a legitimate Medici. | Sarah Dunant | ||
| 87eee94 | He spends the night in prayer. God's voice, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin, tells him what the politician in him already knows: that whatever he might stand to gain from playing one against the other, the prospect of a foreign army marching through Italy can bring only instability and devastation in its wake for all. He is, it seems, the Church's shepherd after all. | Sarah Dunant | ||
| 2439f73 | This then is Borgia Rome: a city where a traveler entering the gates must still cross acres of country before he reaches the center, where animals still outnumber citizens, goats and cattle grazing the imperial ruins, their insistent teeth pulling weeds--and mortar--from between the stones of history. A city still struggling with a chasm of hardship between rich and poor, still ripped apart by gross family violence. But also a place of grow.. | Sarah Dunant | ||
| 1287ca2 | A need to concentrate on each sound, so that every blade of grass would be as important as a flower. | Arvo Pärt | ||
| fe48b3c | We cannot destroy what we built together. | Ary Chalus | ||
| f2bfe8e | Paris Hilton gets more coverage than Congo, Darfur, Palestine, and Nahr Al-Barid combined. | As'ad AbuKhalil | ||
| 148a21c | I know what she is thinking. That she will never have those feelings. And she wants to have them. Oh, how much she wants to...I have seen it before, the way women yearn more for a child when they have fallen in love. It is part of the disease, like the ague that goes with fever. Maybe the real lover's prick goes deep enough to ignite some loning in the womb. Maybe it is the promise of a future, something left over once the passion is spent. | Sarah Dunant | ||
| 96479e6 | She has always felt safe inside his arms, this beautiful, powerful elder brother, whom so many fear but who has always been as tender as a lover with her. | Sarah Dunant | ||
| c99033d | What was once the language of secrecy is now the language of power. | Sarah Dunant | ||
| 29c69da | you draw" (the painter)" | Sarah Dunant | ||
| d2e0b9c | Someone told me much later that you always know the people who are going to make a difference in your life, from the very first time you set eyes on them, even if you do not like them at all. | Sarah Dunant | ||
| 9d7cd79 | beauty is your gift from God and it should be used and not squandered. Study this face as if it were a map of the ocean, your own trade route to the Indies. For it will bring you its own fortune. But always believe what the glass tells you. Because while others will try to flatter you, it has no reason to lie. | Sarah Dunant | ||
| b021cc7 | no one bothered dressing up in priests' robes, for even in chaos hierarchy rules and their cloth wasn't rich enough. | Sarah Dunant | ||
| 6584e26 | Interesting, I thought, how quickly history becomes stories rather than reality; one step already from the truth. | Sarah Dunant | ||
| dc65259 | The journey from Rome to Siena is harder than its distance warrants. Once outside the great walls of the city the route becomes as treacherous for humans as for animals. Before the coming of Our Lord, when men knew no better than to worship an army of badly behaved gods, the countryside around Rome was legendary for its fertility, with well-kept roads filled with carts and produce pouring into the city's markets. But over centuries of the t.. | Sarah Dunant | ||
| c61b145 | Everyone that exalteth himself shall be humbled, and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted" And she had tried, truly and honestly, tried so hard that sometimes, despite the nun's kindness and patience, she thought she might go mad with the effort." | Sarah Dunant | ||
| 34edf5a | A young woman seeks sanctuary with us. It is not for us to deny her that right. Tell His Holiness that we will protect her with our lives and care for her until she is ready to leave." Not even Alexander VI can storm a convent and get away with it. The" | Sarah Dunant | ||
| fd0b810 | How do ugly men make their way through life? He thinks of Michelotto. When he walks down the street men take half a step back from him. But he, Cesare, wields a different power. His face has always been his first weapon. Look at me, it says. I am what you see: easy on the eye, strong to the taste, a man with substance, someone to admire, for how can beauty this natural lie? | Sarah Dunant | ||
| fd33c8d | Either you're standing under your haloes, eyes up to heaven, or you're munching apples in their faces and flashing your bush. I'm not even sure they know which one they prefer. The best you can do is choose when you change your costume | Sarah Dunant | ||
| 1db31c8 | How do ugly men make their way through life? | Sarah Dunant | ||
| 27eade2 | Sometimes it is useful to fear something too much, for it makes the real thing quite bearable. | fear | Sarah Dunant | |
| 1a22965 | We will color this country green (color of Islam), no other color will be able to stand before it. | Asaduddin Owaisi | ||
| 00f7153 | We don't need an invitation to access our greatness. | Ashlee Marie Preston | ||
| 30abbc4 | Biblical hope means confidence in the future. It's a confidence born of faith. Faith, hope and love go together (1 Cor. 13). When we have faith in God, we claim His promises, and they give us hope for the future. Hope for the Christian is not a feeling of "I hope it's going to happen." It's exciting expectancy because God controls the future. When Jesus Christ is your Savior and your Lord, the future is your friend. You don't have to worry... | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 143037d | Grace without truth would be deceitful, and truth without grace would be condemning. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 41b0fc0 | The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness. | Ashley Montagu | ||
| e53849e | The area was home to wolves, elk, deer, bears, outlaws, and anyone seeking solitude, such as the monks of the Winds Abbey. | Michael J. Sullivan | ||
| ab3f251 | The Eskimos live among ice all their lives but have no single word for ice. | Ashley Montagu | ||
| b72a627 | The wicked go through life thinking only of getting, but God's people go through life thinking of giving, of sharing with others, and of showing mercy. God has blessed us. We have inherited everything through His Son. No matter what you're facing | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 5a74ac2 | Happiness comes from moving toward something. When you run away, ofttimes you bring your misery with you." "Who" | Michael J. Sullivan | ||
| 954ec87 | Nothing good would come from anticipating failure. | Michael J. Sullivan | ||
| 8f6fb03 | The ability to play is one of the principal criteria of mental health. | Ashley Montagu | ||
| 9653bc4 | To serve God means to fear Him, obey Him, and worship only Him. It means to love Him and fix your heart upon Him, obeying Him because you want to and not because you have to. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| f3c6cca | Coaching secrets? I don't think I got any. The main "secret" - love for chess. | Ashot Nadanian | ||
| 212328f | God would rather have His people living in shameful captivity in a pagan land than living like pagans in the Holy Land and disgracing His name. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| 5088508 | We are not saved by making promises to God; we are saved by believing God's promises to us. | Warren W. Wiersbe | ||
| f76ad6c | From now on, no talking," Royce told him, having to shout to be heard over the wind as he hoisted the coil over his head. Is that supposed to be a joke?" | Michael J. Sullivan | ||
| 24728e9 | Learn from each one of your defeats; your losses must be as close to you as your victories. | Ashot Nadanian | ||
| fbd1276 | First and foremost, the chicken was flooded with bad omens in the same overwhelming manner that Suri had seen just before coming to Persephone. Little had changed on that score. Looking deeper, searching for specifics, she saw that all the bones agreed that the full moon would be the time of reckoning--the pivotal moment. The bones didn't say how because the bones didn't know, most likely because she was reading a chicken. | Michael J. Sullivan | ||
| 7f9569d | Wilmer's head was smiling at least." "What about Myra?" "You don't want to know." They spilled into another chamber," | Michael J. Sullivan | ||
| ebfae06 | Royce wanted to stab him, | Michael J. Sullivan | ||
| 9932450 | There wasn't any point in worrying about tomorrow. No one knew what it held - maybe nothing at all. | Michael J. Sullivan | ||
| b7d7c16 | I didn't want you to leave. | Michael J. Sullivan |