When you cultivate a godly thought life your soul will shine and you will exhibit the presence of the Lord in you.
There was a time in my life when I did a fair bit of work for the tempestuous Lucretia Stewart, then editor of the American Express travel magazine, . Together, we evolved a harmless satire of the sli...
The Sabians were allowed to build a new Temple of the Moon God, and to continue their religious rites, after the Arab General Ibn Ghanam conquered Harran in the seventh century AD. This in itself is a...
Sighing, I scooted down in the booth and pulled away my hand. You can’t control everything. It’s like you’re a finished product and I’m a brand new idea. You’re making all the decisions about who I ca...
On the third day, she smelled the fruit as soon as she came in. She followed the scent to the kitchen, and the peach was radiant, dusky rose and gold, its skin so plush she thought her fingertip might...
Le chiesi perchè non voleva libri in casa e lei rispose: Il guaio di un libro è che scopri cosa contiene solo quando è troppo tardi.Io pensai: Troppo tardi per cosa?Cominciai a leggere di nascosto [.....
I would hear them say on the radio, that we need to hang them once they have been convicted for murder. I don’t think that some of them should have ever reached that stage. If we had prevented them fr...
I think of death only with tranquility, as an end. I refuse to let death hamper life. Death must enter life only to define it.
I love you, he whispered, rubbing his jaw against her temple. And you love me. I can feel it when you’re in my arms. He felt her stiffen slightly and draw a shaky breath, but she either couldn’t or wo...
I looked over at the others. Obviously Ash and I didn't. Daniel, Hayley, and Corey said they'd be fine. Chloe hoped she would—she had gymnastics training. Mr. Bae joked that it would be his first time...
I have been happy, though in a dream.I have been happy-and I love the theme:
I had a dream about a motorcycle, said Harry, remembering suddenly. It was flying.Uncle Vernon nearly crashed into the car in front. He turned right around in his seat and yelled at Harry, his face li...
Here had lived an elder race, to which we look back with disquietude. The country which we visit at week-ends was really a home to it, and the graver sides of life, the deaths, the partings, the yearn...
En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, no ha mucho tiempo que vivía un hidalgo de los de lanza en astillero, adarga antigua, rocín flaco y galgo corredor. Una olla de algo más v...
Despite our earnest efforts, we couldn't climb all the way up to God. So what did God do? In an amazing act of condescension, on Good Friday, God climbed down to us, became one with us. The story of d...
Butch clapped V on the thigh, then stood up, as if he knew exactly what V was thinking. Listen, I don't want you to feel bad. It's my animal magnetism. I'm irresistible.Smart-ass.
But the characteristic that is truly special about our species...[is] our ability to model our world and understand both it and where we fit into its overall scheme....
Ashley watched her go and saw her square her small shoulders as she went. And that gesture went to his heart, more than any words she had spoken.
And I didn't think even eternity would be long enough to fix me.
Life is a horizontal fall.