Maniotes Quotes

#1. If Eric thinks I did something right, I must have done it wrong.

Veronica Roth

#2. The crazy thing is that I really wasn't under any pressure. My contract wasn't going to expire until the end of 2008, and everyone was satisfied with me. But I wasn't. I always wanted to improve.

Patrik Sinkewitz

#3. Now look", my mother said. "When I feel myself starting to worry, I just tell myself, I will not worry about something that will never happen, and that always calms me, because most of the things we worry about will never happen. Why don't you give that a try?

J.R. Moehringer

#4. How many Elysiums have you been to?"
"Three," I said immediately. "At least ... this will be my third one."
"And how many Elysiums do you think I've been to?"
"Um. More than three?"
"I do appreciate your gift for the understatement.

Julie Kagawa

#5. The free world wants to feed South Africa to the Red Crocodile [communism], to appease its hunger.

P. W. Botha

#6. Ask anyone committed to Marxist analysis how many angels dance on the head of a pin, and you will be asked in return to never mind the angels, tell me who controls the production of pins.

Joan Didion

#7. God doesn't need anything nevertheless He wants worshipers.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

#8. Living to glorify God means doing everything ...
for Him,
His way,
to point to His greatness
and to reflect His goodness.

Joshua Harris

#9. Forgiveness can be bittersweet. It contains the sweetness of the release of a story that has caused us pain, but also the poignant reminder that even our dearest relationships change over the course of a lifetime.

Sharon Salzberg

#10. I saw [Ronald] Reagan. I've watched Jimmy Carter and his selflessness, getting involved in things like votes in African countries, but also putting his foot right into the whole Israel-Palestine crisis. Sometimes into places where people are going, "Why are you doing that?" .

David Mandel