You're here for a reason and it's not to hoard a lot of physical stuff.
Too much is demanded by the critic, attempted by the poet.
The Church limits her sacramental services to the faithful. Christ gave Himself upon the cross a ransom for all.
The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape?
Here's the plan. We get the warhead and we hold the world ransom for. . . ONE MILLION DOLLARS!
One of the most ignored dimensions of the Iraqi insurgency are the Iraqis themselves who are regularly abducted, held for ransom and sometimes executed.
To ignore or use silence is a cruel tool. Hence this quote: Silence is all we dread; there's ransom in a voice; but silence is infinity.
I have just realized that the stakes are myself I have no other ransom money, nothing to break or barter but my life
I rode in a gang. We robbed trains, banks, held people ransom. We killed people we didn't like. Bill Williamson was in that gang. If I don't capture my former brother-in-arms, great harm will befall my family.
And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious.
Put up at the moment of greatest suffering a prayer, not for thy own escape, but for the enfranchisement of some being dear to thee, and the sovereign spirit will accept thy ransom.
Jesus Messiah, name above all names, blessed Redeemer, Emmanuel, the rescue for sinners, the ransom from Heaven, Jesus Messiah, Lord of all.
Dear Mia, What can I say? I don't know all that much about romance novels, but I think you must be the Stephen King of the genre. Your book is hot. Thanks for letting me read it. Anyone who doesn't want to publish it is a fool. Anyway, since I know it's your birthday, and I also know you never remember to back anything up, here's a little something I made for you. It would be a shame if Ransom My Heart got lost before it ever saw the light of day because your hard drive crashed. See you tonight. Love, Michael
As an editor, I must often tell writers that their stories "do not fit our present needs. " But there are times when I want to reply: "Sir, I would not trust you to write a ransom note. "
Will not collect a ransom in exchange for not crashing the American economy.
It was called a tribute before a battle and a ransom afterwards.
I do not hold God ransom to my success; whatever is his will is my way. I stand by moments; I do not stand by time.
We'll abduct Garian. Or Jason. " "And—?" "And dump them into the ocean. Nobody would ever pay a ransom for them.
Well,' said Ransom, 'if it is a delusion, it's a pretty stubborn one.
The twentieth-century artist who uses symbols is alienated because the system of symbols is a private one. After you have dealt with the symbols you are still private, you are still lonely, because you are not sure anyone will understand it except yourself. The ransom of privacy is that you are alone.
