“ The black of the ocean waves was the color of the sorrow in my breast, a sorrow that was never far away and always visible. Barbara T. Cerny
“ What happened when the Verb asked the noun to conjugate? She said "no-no!", forgot the "o" and decided to become a nun! Ana Claudia Antunes
“ Commissioner Harris at the far end stared along the mad pathway. This was his first child and it had already become a murderer. Michael Ondaatje
“ Sister, why do you do that?Do what?Cage the animals at night?Well... She looked up and out through the barred window before answering me.We don't want to, Jennings, but we have to. You see, the animal… Jennings Michael Burch
“ If you feel joy when you do something unselfish for him, and would just as soon do it in secret as openly, then that rings of the true metal Susan Vreeland
“ I know it's probably wrong to fantasize about giving a nun a karate chop in the neck, but I couldn't help it. She was making me mad. Meg Cabot
“ You look a little lost, my dear,' a nun says behind me, and I jump. 'Were you interested in seeing the Bevington Triptych?''Oh,' I say. 'Erm... yes. Absolutely.''Up there,' she points, and I walk tent… Sophie Kinsella
“ You do like them thin, don't you? Pyrlig said, amused. Now I like them meaty as well-fed heifers! Give me a nice dark Briton with hips like a pair of ale barrels and I'm a happy priest. Poor Hild. Thi… Bernard Cornwell
“ He was an indecent man, I told myself - prayerfully - and then I prayed for him to become decent. Kelsey Brickl
“ She thought she should take a moment to pray. But, as she was holding a loaded rifle, conventional prayer did not seem entirely suitable. Sister Peg hoped that God would help her, but it was her belie… Justin Cronin
“ The problem isn't that I'm uncomfortable with it, the problem is that I want it!" I yelled. It was official; I'd lost it. Oh well, I wasn't known for having a long fuse. "Are you happy? Jesus. You say… Chelsea M. Cameron
“ Is this your boyfriend?" the first nun asked. Clair Olivia looked me up and down. “No. This is my gay friend who decided he was straight and single-handedly wrecked havoc at an all-boys school in Mass… Bill Konigsberg
“ For those he has ignored, he allows them this. He allows them God, their only ally. Places to worship, but no one to teach. Greg Rucka
“ When Annunziata said she loved me or any of her thousands of other friends and beloveds, she was really saying, at least in my mind, “God loves you.” To quote the singer/songwriter James Taylor, she s… Cathleen Falsani
“ My nun, which is how I think of her, was the most profound witness for God's love I've ever encountered in this world. She was a magnet for lost souls, a petite fortress of strength and unconditional… Cathleen Falsani
“ A very special case. A few years more, and that pretty creature who you love too much, I think, will, without ever loving them, have known as many men as there are beads on her aunt's rosary. No happy… Rachilde
“ Man of an hard heart! Hear me, Proud, Stern, and Cruel! You could have saved me; you could have restored me to happiness and virtue, but would not! You are the destroyer of my Soul; You are my Murdere… Matthew Lewis
“ ... the four noble truths: that there is suffering, that it has an origin, that there is a cessation of suffering, and that there is a path to that cessation. Sid Brown
