Barbara Jane Reyes quotes

“A prayer is directed by a supplicant toward someone/something powerful who can grant a favor, and by putting daughters in that position, you place them in the position of power.”
-- Barbara Jane Reyes

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“We're always hardest on our own work, I guess.”
-- Barbara Jane Reyes

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“A lot of people telling the same story from their various points of view.”
-- Barbara Jane Reyes

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“There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'”

“One of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten is my daughter.”

“I will give you three days to seek your shadow. Return to me in the course of that time with a well-fitted shadow, and you shall receive a hearty welcome; otherwise, on the fourth day - remember, on the fourth day - my daughter becomes the wife of another.”

Source : Theodor Storm, Adelbert von Chamisso, Adalbert Stifter (2005). “Famous German Novellas of the 19th Century”, p.63, Mondial

“If one day I have a daughter and my daughter wants to be a model, I would never let her!”

“It was like we were exchanging codes, on how to be a father and a daughter, like we'd read about it in a manual, translated from another language, and were doing our best with what we could understand.”

“Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.”

“Prayer is the ascending vapor which supplies The showers of blessing, and the stream that flows Through earth's dry places, till on every side "The wilderness shall blossom as the rose.”

“When we depend upon organizations, we get what organizations can do. But when we depend upon prayer, we get what God can do.”

“What we need now for quickening is not so much money and wisdom as the spirit of supplication. Pray for yourself until the new life is infused. When that new life comes, it will lead you to pray for others.”

“You may be sitting in a room reading this book. Imagine one note struck upon the piano. Immediately that one note is enough to change the atmosphere of the room - proving that the sound element in music is a powerful and mysterious agent, which it would be foolish to deride or belittle.”

Source : Aaron Copland (2011). “What to Listen For in Music”, p.23, Penguin