Aquila Quotes

#1. Betelgeuse, Achenar. Orion. Aquila. Centre the Cross and you have a steady compass. But there's no compass for my ever disoriented soul, only ever beckoning ghost lights. In the one sure direction, to the one sure end.

Keri Hulme

#2. Quietness rose within Aquila, easing his wild unrest as the salve was cooling the smart of his gashed side. But that was always the way with Brother Ninnias
the quietness, the sense of sanctuary, were things that he carried with him.

Rosemary Sutcliff

#3. So Aquila took his father's service upon him. It wasn't as good as love; it wasn't as good as hate; but it was something to put into the emptiness within him; better than nothing at all.

Rosemary Sutcliff

#4. Why should a deserter take the trouble to light Rutupiae Beacon?" Aquila demanded, and his voice sounded rough in is own ears.
"Maybe in farewell, maybe in defiance. Maybe to hold back the dark for one more night.

Rosemary Sutcliff

#5. In the search for an author [of Hebrews] we are virtually stumbling over Priscilla. No longer is it feasible to pretend she isn't there.

Ruth Hoppin

#6. Still everyone, including the abbot, had said that he was running away from his grief. They'd had no idea what they were talking about. He'd cradled his grief, almost to the point of loving it. For so long he refused to give it up, because leaving it behind was like leaving her.

Sue Monk Kidd

#7. Money has to be put in the way a club feels it should. If you put money in a new ballpark, that helps to generate revenue so you can spend more money. It should be spent to make the club's operations the best. That will help in the end, and it will mean enhanced payroll.

Bud Selig

#8. It's no secret that in my books I'm trying to make the comic and the serious rub up against each other just as closely and uncomfortably as I can.

Richard Russo

#9. The Painter's Keys is a timeless, universal guide to lifemanship masquerading as a painting blog.

Sara Genn

#10. Going back down to the minors is the toughest thing to handle in baseball.

Gaylord Perry

#11. He lived for the day ,so he lived each day well.(From DON'T TOUCH THE TOMATOES)

Barbara Aquila

#12. ...I'm as happy as a pig in mud, but I would have normally been as horrible, angry, and sad as a pig turned into bacon.

Aquila Robinson

#13. Most people only ask questions so they can listen to themselves talk. Or hear something they are able to cope with, but please, nothing that might get the better of them. "Do you love me?" is one of those questions. There should be a total ban on it.

Nina George

#14. I asked her if she reckoned Tom Sawyer would go there, and she said not by a considerable sight. I was glad about that, because I wanted him and me to be together. Miss

Mark Twain

#15. Doing what you're afraid of, getting out of your comfort zone, taking risks like that- that's what life is.

Amy Poehler

#16. She'd never kissed anyone before, bust she knew instantly that she'd never kiss anyone else

Kelly Walker

#17. If blood alone is what defines us, no child born is born in freedom.

Nalini Singh

#18. As you can appreciate over my lifetime I've developed a large vocabulary of sounds each requiring certain physical techniques often combined with a specific effect box.

Adrian Belew