I've written one book-length piece of journalism. The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed Bishop Gerardi? That book had an impact. Eight years after it was published it's still having an impact in Guatemala. I remember when I wrote it, a surprising number of people said things to me like, "That is such an amazing story; why didn't you turn it into a novel?"
Little said is soon amended.
I can’t do it, Gideon! I can’t make out the way you kiss me one moment and then act as if you loathed me like poison the next!” Gideon said, after a brief pause, “I’d much rather be kissing you the whole time than loathing you, but you don’t exactly make it easy for me.
They wanted it because they've got some sort of darkness in them. And maybe because they like pain. Because pain turns them on. Well, maybe it turns me on, too," she said quietly. "In fact, I know it does, because loving you hurts. And yet, I still come back for more.
I can't get enough adventure," Magnus said lightly. "And adventure cannot get enough of me.
Is that clear?" said Borcht "as clear as pea soup" I said
I think the fault is more with historicists who have stubbornly failed to develop a good theory of historicity. By simply resting on the feeble laurels of prima facie plausibility ('Jesus existed because everyone said so') and subjective notions of absurdity ('I can't believe Jesus didn't exist!'), the existence of Jesus has largely been taken for granted, even by competent historians who explicitly try to argue for it.
I’m adding ‘canine’ to my searches,” I said. “And ‘instinct. ’” “Whatever. I’m adding ‘lunatic.
If you have ever had a miserable experience, then you have probably had it said to you that you would feel better in the morning. This, of course, is utter nonsense, because a miserable experience remains a miserable experience even on the loveliest of morning.
After the Israelites safely crossed the Red Sea, the Egyptians chased after them and were drowned. God's angels wanted to celebrate the enemy's demise. God saw this and grew angry. He said, in essence, 'Stop celebrating. For they are my children,too.
I stole that from Vito Russo. He said he was a devout believer in Judyism.
I met someone who said they'd figured out my genre: "madcap redemption comedy. " I'll buy that.
I don't want him hurt because he got out of hand with me. " "Yet you would have shot him. " I shrugged. "I never said I was consistent, just serious.
The reason I am thinking so far in advance is because school is terribly lonely. I think I've said that before, but it's getting harder every day.
Then I'll come,' said Tessa, 'I've never been on a train. ' Will threw up his hands. 'That's it? You're coming because you've never been on a train before?' 'Yes.
I like your manly bravado," she said. "Do it some more.
The purpose of the present study is not as it is in other inquiries, the attainment of knowledge, we are not conducting this inquiry in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, else there would be no advantage in studying it. For that reason, it becomes necessary to examine the problem of our actions and to ask how they are to be performed. For as we have said, the actions determine what kind of characteristics are developed.
The only thing I said to my parents when I was a teenager was Hang up, I got it!
Redheads are said to be children of the moon, thwarted by the sun and addicted to sex and sugar.
As I said, men value their independence in a weird way, above practically everything.