„You see, the Caml garbage collector is like a god from ancient mythology: mighty, but very irritable. If you mess with it, it'll make you suffer in surprising ways.“

„It never fails. God will put people in your path that irritate you, especially if you're prone to be irritated.“

—  Rich Mullins American christian musician 1955 - 1997

„I just want it to go back to the way it was."
"It'll never go back to the way it was, Frankie. But you have to make sure it goes forward.“

—  Melina Marchetta Australian teen writer 1965

Источник: Saving Francesca

„On the way to God you have to pass through beauty, pure beauty. If you do not pass through beauty it is not God that you find. Beauty stands at the gate of the kingdom of heaven. It is of the Creator, but not the Creator; and it is all-mighty.“

—  Barry Long Australian spiritual teacher and writer 1926 - 2003

Knowing Yourself: The True in the False (1996)

„I mean, it's not surprising, really. Once you love something, you always love it in some way. You have to. It's, like, part of you for good.“

—  Sarah Dessen, книга What Happened to Goodbye

What Happened To Goodbye (2011)
Источник: What Happened to Goodbye

„Don't you know that what happens to you once always happens again? You always react in the same way to the same thing. It's no accident when you make a mess. Then you do it again. It's called destiny.“

—  Cesare Pavese Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator 1908 - 1950

Источник: The devil in the hills (1949), Chapter 11, p. 327

„I know I'm going to Hell. And I think I might see a few of you there. When I get there, it'll be like (waving) "Hi", "Hi", "Oh my God…. Hi!"“

—  Kathy Griffin American actress and comedian 1960

Straight To Hell (2007)

„God loves you just the way you are, but Heto leave you that way. He wants you to be just like Jesus.“

—  Max Lucado American clergyman and writer 1955

„Greece is like a mirror. It makes you suffer. Then you learn.'
To live alone?'
To live. With what you are.“

—  John Fowles, книга The Magus

Источник: The Magus

„If you want to see God laugh, make a plan.“

—  Jodi Picoult Author 1966

„You can suffer the pain of change or suffer remaining the way you are.“

—  Joyce Meyer American author and speaker 1943

„And only God who makes the tree
Also makes the fools like me. But only fools like me, you see,
Can make a God, who makes a tree.“

—  Yip Harburg American song lyricist 1896 - 1981

"Atheist".
Rhymes for the Irreverent (1965)

„Men are easy,' he said, fingers tapping on his mahogany desk. 'A man's plumbing is like his mind: simple, very few surprises. You ladies, on the other hand… well, God put a lot of thought into making you.“

—  Khaled Hosseini, книга The Kite Runner

Источник: The Kite Runner

„The only way out of our suffering is through it. From an ancient Sanskrit writing: Do not try to drive pain away by pretending that it is not real. If you seek serenity in oneness, pain will vanish of its own accord.“

—  Marilyn Ferguson American writer 1938 - 2008

The Aquarian Conspiracy (1980), Chapter Three, Brains Changing, Minds Changing

„It’s like driving a car at night. You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.“

—  E.L. Doctorow novelist, editor, professor 1931 - 2015

On his writing style
Interview in Writers at Work (1988)
Вариант: Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
Источник: Writers At Work: The Paris Review Interviews

„Strangers see you the way you want them to see you. You can't fool friends…that's what makes them friends…
Pretty Little Liars“

—  Sara Shepard Author 1973

„There is no more hollow feeling than to stand with your honor shattered at your feet while soaring public reputation wraps you in rewards. That's soul-destroying. The other way around is merely very, very irritating.“

—  Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign

Источник: Vorkosigan Saga, A Civil Campaign (1999)

„He's like a man you'd meet any place
until you recognize that ancient Face
The Great God Pan is alive!“

—  Mike Scott songwriter, musician 1958

"The Return Of Pan"
Dream Harder (1993)

„They will hurt the people you love. They will do anything to make you angry or emotional. But the only way you can make them suffer is to win. And to do that you must remain cool“

—  David Gemmell, книга Quest for Lost Heroes

Источник: Drenai series, Quest for Lost Heroes, Ch. 4
Контексте: Never let anger, or outrage, or fear affect you. That is easy advice to give, but hard to follow. Men will bait you, they will laugh at you, they will jeer. But it is just noise, Kiall. They will hurt the people you love. They will do anything to make you angry or emotional. But the only way you can make them suffer is to win. And to do that you must remain cool.

„Sometimes it feels like God backs away from you when you hit hard times, but that’s not true. (see Psalm 34:18)“

—  James MacDonald American pastor 1960

Источник: Always True (Moody, 2011), p. 35