Cleeves Books Quotes

#1. And it came to pass that in the hands of the ignorant, the words of the Bible were used to beat plowshares into swords

Alan Watts

#2. My work is less violent because we tend to write what we want to read ... and I'm not that interested in gruesome books. Any violence, to fit in well with a crime novel, has to have compassion.

Ann Cleeves

#3. I'm not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I'm 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle - that's what fiction is, and should be.

Martin Amis

#4. Mental power cannot be got from ill-fed brains.

Herbert Spencer

#5. Did you notice the phrase by his power in that last Bible verse? This is what makes The Daniel Plan different from other approaches. It is built on trusting in God's power to help you change, not merely your own willpower.

Rick Warren

#6. To preach the gospel is to proclaim with trumpet tongue and flaming zeal the unsearchable riches of Christ Jesus, so that men may hear, and understanding, may turn to God with full purpose of heart.30

Steven J. Lawson