Occidentals Seek Quotes

#1. Blessed the one who loves truth continually and has not lent his mouth as an instrument of impiety by lying, for he fears the commandment about idle speech.

Ephrem The Syrian

#2. Life has taught this boy to string nets beneath his hopes.

Ian Caldwell

#3. He didn't understand religion. It was like heroin or golf: He knew a lot of people did it, but he didn't understand why.

Christopher Moore

#4. I never hand in a book until it's completed. Richard Jackson then reads it and asks me to clarify murky points. We work very well together. He knows how hard to push, and I know how hard to push back. He's the only person who can criticize my work without me throwing a hissy fit.

Nancy Farmer

#5. We regard an action of Contract as an action to prevent or compensate for a breach of a promise; an action of Tort as an action to to punish or compensate for a wrong, such as assault or defamation, which has not any necessary connection with a promise.

Edward Jenks

#6. I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.

Catherine Deneuve

#7. The thoughts that go through your mind when you find out you have so little time is everything that you need to say to everyone that you love.

Brittany Maynard