Abbess Quotes

#1. I'd love to play a femme fatale in a film noir. I'm thinking of one of those roles that Lauren Bacall or Bette Davis might have played. What I wouldn't like is to suddenly find myself being cast, as many senior actresses seem to be, as the abbess in a convent.

Diana Quick

#2. She'n'her bros at the school'ry'd made a new game, Zachry'n'Meronym on Mauna Kia, but Abbess say-soed 'em not to 'cos times are pretendin' can bend bein'. A whoah game it was, said Catkin, but I din't want to know its rules nor endin'.david

David Mitchell

#3. The abbess may well try and force me to return to the convent, silent and in disgrace, but I will not go back. Not like this. Indeed, I can see no way I can ever return to the convent, for the abbess will not let me return in victory, and I refuse to do so in defeat.

Robin LaFevers

#4. I pause at the door, wishing I could find a corner and sleep until my head clears, but the sailor said the abbess is expecting me, and while I do not know much about abbesses, I suspect they are not fond of waiting.

R.L. LaFevers

#5. Take care,' said Delaura. 'Sometimes we attribute certain things we do not understand to the demon, not thinking they may be things of God that we do not understand.'
'Saint Thomas said it, and I will be guided by him,' said the Abbess: 'One must not believe demons even when they speak the truth.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#6. She did not suspect that the Abbess was even there hovering about the house, herself estimating the stresses and watching for the moment when a burden harms and not strengthens.

Thornton Wilder

#7. Giving a brief sermon, the Abbess once said, 'A hot furnace does not need to be heated. A loving heart does not need to be loved. Being loving is more important than being loved.

Gil Fronsdal

#8. There are Katy-Perry-in-concert-type pieces that I look at and am like, 'This dress has a hundred cupcakes on it - I want it!' My mom will always talk me down.

Ireland Baldwin

#9. Every day is an opportunity to realise the wonder that exists in the world.

Steven Redhead

#10. I know with all my heart and soul that God lives. I believe He will enlighten our lives with His love for each of us if we strive to be worthy of that love, in the holy name of Jesus Christ, amen.

James E. Faust

#11. I believe in whatever gets you throught the night. [ ... ] Night is the hardest time to be alive. For me, anyway. It lasts so long, and four A.M.knows all my secrets.

Poppy Z. Brite

#12. I cannot tell you what hotel I'm staying at, but there are two trees involved.

Mitch Hedberg

#13. However, there are those who deserve to die but who have not yet encountered the means to do so - we help them on their way.

R.L. LaFevers

#14. When it comes to you? Hell no," he said. "With you, I'm so far out of my league I can't even see the league.

Jill Shalvis

#15. I started writing just to have a creative outlet during the down time.

John Cariani

#16. I don't like having too many projects in the pipeline. I like to focus on what's at hand.

Jean Dujardin

#17. Money equals power; power makes the law; and law makes government.

Kim Stanley Robinson

#18. Equality does not mean justice. If the wall is equality then not everyone can look from the top of the wall

Ahmed

#19. It's like most anything. If you want to be a loser, there's always a way to dwell on the negative. If you want to win, there's always a way to think positively.

Tony La Russa