A man has not fully lived until he experiences that gentle balmy clime of ancient empires, the land of lemon trees and the genius of Michelangelo.
Evil loves to subvert all blame onto the innocent.
What was that? Valentine’s Day? Her heart gave a little skip at the thought, she had never spent it in a romantic way before, usually the day meant sending and receiving cute Cupid cards and heart shaped sugar candies, but it was all in a platonic celebration of friendship. This time, it would not be like that, it would be... special.
Mercy is far better than justice, even if it is your right to ask for it.
Demonic spirits never sleep or take a vacation, always plotting and waiting for the next offensive.
If you are not noble in your thoughts and actions, no title awarded by any king or queen can make you so.
Truth and Wisdom are always attractive and beautiful even when they are not attractive and beautiful, or mankind would not be seeking them so much despite the harsh reality they portrayed at times.
Life has a cruel way of reminding one and all it stops for no one and simply marches on, dragging everyone with it.
O, elixir of youth, thy name is hair dye.
I’ve never seen a nation more quick at finding joy in a sad situation than the Irish at a funeral.
How can you be inspired if you do not surround yourself with the things that inspire you?
If. If. If this all happened! I, F, – he had to hang on to those two little letters, just one tiny two letter word. If. So much hope and dread hung in the balance on those two little blips in the alphabet! A chasm in fact!
I love the longueurs of a book even if they seem pointless because you can get a peek into the author’s mind, a glimpse of their creative soul.
Heaven is not a republic.
Sometimes there’s an element of truth in a smidgeon of sarcasm.
Serious matters, especially those involving God, should never be decided upon without invoking God.
The chopping block was not confined to one era, nor one form or country. There were many types of martyrdoms, spiritual as well as physical ones; visible and invisible, the block took on many forms and could be encountered anywhere, any time.
A lasting happiness cannot be attained by seeking temporary happiness.
Art is not just about revealing beauty, it can also be used to reveal truth.
Loving someone to the threshold of marriage doesn’t mean the difficulties of life are suddenly going to disappear. You’re both going to do a lot of forgiving and overlooking each other’s faults over the years if you truly want a happy marriage.
There is no such thing as a coincidence and there are no accidents in God’s creation.