Oamaru Quotes

#1. The Avalanche," peacemaker Rachel recites, "is very important. It's a privilege to sing it. It's a celebration of our past." Everybody around the table smiles at her.
"Yeah? Well, I've seen how easily the past can get rewritten." I glare at Mr. Oamaru. "Lyrics change. New authors come along.

Karen Russell

#2. Mr. Oamaru has taught me that loss isn't just limited to the present; it can happen in any direction. Even what's done and vanished can be taken from you. Other, earlier memories that we made of my father sink and revert to water

Karen Russell

#3. Very exceeding wonderful is the history concerning Abraham, for the kingdom of Christ is therein wholly represented.

Jakob Bohme

#4. Work is toil: what one does only to earn a living. If it gives pleasure, it is leisure.

Mortimer Adler

#5. It's easy, once the lamps are lit, to scoff at shadows.

Adrian Tchaikovsky

#6. I am Poseidon, EARTH SHAKER, RULER OF THE BOUNDLESS SEA, CREATOR OF STORMS, SWALLOWER OF SHIPS

George O'Connor

#7. I'm trying to get a thicker skin. I like to be aware of people's perceptions of me, but when you put it as a priority, as a means to judging your worth, that's when it can be dangerous.

Fergie

#8. Sex lies at the root of life, and we can never learn to reverence life until we know how to understand sex.

Havelock Ellis

#9. Don't see yourself as a product of your parents DNA, but rather as a brand new idea from heaven.

Max Lucado