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“I think having a dog makes you more compassionate.”
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“A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past.”
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“I write and speak about personal and spiritual growth. One week I write about illness and another week I speak about relationships and another week I write about work and money and another week I speak to people with obesity issues. I write about whatever wounds seem to cry out for more enlightened solutions, and the love that heals them all.”
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“You cannot build God’s reputation if you aren’t willing to risk yours.”
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“Things said and done innocently should never be used as weapons.”
Source : Jonathan Maberry (2012). “Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone, a Rot & Ruin story; Flesh & Bone”, p.270, Simon and Schuster
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“I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong.”
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“No man has ever appreciated the gospel until the law has first revealed him to himself. It is only against the inky blackness of the night sky that the stars begin to appear, and it is only against the dark background of sin and judgment that the gospel shines forth.”
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“Tiffany is wrestling in Jell-O.”
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“As I look out at all of you gathered here, I want to say that I don't see a room full of Parisians in top hats and diamonds and silk dresses. I don't see bankers and housewives and store clerks. No. I address you all tonight as you truly are: wizards, mermaids, travelers, adventurers, and magicians. You are the true dreamers.”
Source : Brian Selznick (2015). “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, p.249, Scholastic
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“Sometimes to get what you want the most, you have to do what you want the least.”
Source : Jodi Picoult (2009). “My Sister's Keeper: A Novel”, p.437, Simon and Schuster
