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Mary Doria Russell quotes: Celestina Giuliani learned the word "slander" at her cousin's baptism. Celestina Giuliani learned the word "slander" at her cousin's baptism.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: When she finished, no one clapped or even breathed, for they were still inside that sacred place that music can sometimes create. When she finished, no one clapped or even breathed, for they were still inside that sacred place that music can sometimes create.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Distressing to be hated because of lies, isn't it." (Mirella)"Especially when there are so many legitimate reasons to be hated." (Schramm) Distressing to be hated because of lies, isn't it." (Mirella)
"Especially when there are so many legitimate reasons to be hated." (Schramm)
Mary Doria Russell quotes: It's not easy to be obedient if you suspect your superiors are asses. It's not easy to be obedient if you suspect your superiors are asses.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: The poor you will always have with you,' Jesus said. A warning, Emilio wondered, or an indictment? The poor you will always have with you,' Jesus said. A warning, Emilio wondered, or an indictment?
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Wisdom begins when you discover the difference between "That doesn't make sense" and "I don't understand. Wisdom begins when you discover the difference between "That doesn't make sense" and "I don't understand.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: ...she was, after all, a practical woman and the daughter of an economist. ...she was, after all, a practical woman and the daughter of an economist.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: God will break your heart. God will break your heart.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: He ain't big and he ain't strong, but that boy's got a by-God streak of fight in him. And he was going to need it. He ain't big and he ain't strong, but that boy's got a by-God streak of fight in him. And he was going to need it.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Bein' born is craps," he decided. He glanced at Morg and let loose that sly, lopsided smile of his. "How we live is poker. Bein' born is craps," he decided. He glanced at Morg and let loose that sly, lopsided smile of his. "How we live is poker.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: You are young, Father Iron Horse, and you have a young man's vices. Certainty. Shortsightedness. Contempt for pragmatism. You are young, Father Iron Horse, and you have a young man's vices. Certainty. Shortsightedness. Contempt for pragmatism.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Hope - cruelest of the evils that escaped Pandora's box - smiled on him gently all that summer. Hope - cruelest of the evils that escaped Pandora's box - smiled on him gently all that summer.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Show God what yer made of, man. Pucker up and kiss the cross. Show God what yer made of, man. Pucker up and kiss the cross.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Who doesn't love a makeover? Even my husband watches 'What Not To Wear.' Who doesn't love a makeover? Even my husband watches 'What Not To Wear.'
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Jesus Christ," Jimmy breathed, meeting the future by turning to the ancient past. Jesus Christ," Jimmy breathed, meeting the future by turning to the ancient past.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Privileged to share in the athletic power of a large and dangerous animal willing to be controlled by the small, frail strength of a mere human being. Privileged to share in the athletic power of a large and dangerous animal willing to be controlled by the small, frail strength of a mere human being.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: I suppose I should warn you, Padre. In the absence of male supervision, my mother has become a revolutionary." ~Renzo Leoni I suppose I should warn you, Padre. In the absence of male supervision, my mother has become a revolutionary." ~Renzo Leoni
Mary Doria Russell quotes: ...[Emilio] felt once more the strangely visceral thrill of trying to disprove a hypothesis he suspected was robust. ...[Emilio] felt once more the strangely visceral thrill of trying to disprove a hypothesis he suspected was robust.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Horses are mirrors. They'll show you back whatever you show them. Watch a man with a horse, and you'll see what's inside his own self. Horses are mirrors. They'll show you back whatever you show them. Watch a man with a horse, and you'll see what's inside his own self.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Home," he said softly. "If there is a more beautiful word in any language, I do not know it. Home," he said softly. "If there is a more beautiful word in any language, I do not know it.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Until you've been there, you can't know what it's like to hold yourself to promises you made in good faith a long time ago. Until you've been there, you can't know what it's like to hold yourself to promises you made in good faith a long time ago.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Your sorrow is of no interest to me," Sandoz said softly. "If you want absolution, go to a priest. Your sorrow is of no interest to me," Sandoz said softly. "If you want absolution, go to a priest.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: The sparrow still falls. The sparrow still falls.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: [I]t is easier to ask forgiveness than to obtain permission. [I]t is easier to ask forgiveness than to obtain permission.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Have you ever thought about a Twelve Step program for people who talk too much? You could call it On and On Anon. Have you ever thought about a Twelve Step program for people who talk too much? You could call it On and On Anon.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: And Johannes Voelker is the last man on Earth I'd choose as a spiritual director for Sandoz, he thought. Shit or get off the pot, my son. And Johannes Voelker is the last man on Earth I'd choose as a spiritual director for Sandoz, he thought. Shit or get off the pot, my son.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Tradition was safety; change was danger. Tradition was safety; change was danger.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: The answer was clear, though he half-expected his hand to shrivel and turn black when he voted for a Republican. The answer was clear, though he half-expected his hand to shrivel and turn black when he voted for a Republican.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: If anything could prove the existence of the soul, he thought, it was the utter emptiness of a corpse. If anything could prove the existence of the soul, he thought, it was the utter emptiness of a corpse.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: an insouciant flip of the wrist - an insouciant flip of the wrist -
Mary Doria Russell quotes: The Georgian had used more words in 5 minutes than Wyatt had spoken during 1872 and 1873 combined. The Georgian had used more words in 5 minutes than Wyatt had spoken during 1872 and 1873 combined.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Maybe poetry is the only way we can get near the truth of God. ... And when the metaphors fail, we think it's God who's failed us! Maybe poetry is the only way we can get near the truth of God. ... And when the metaphors fail, we think it's God who's failed us!
Mary Doria Russell quotes: You've seen what," Emilio conceded, "but not why! That's where God is, Anne. In the why of it - in the meaning. You've seen what," Emilio conceded, "but not why! That's where God is, Anne. In the why of it - in the meaning.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Flaubert tells us that three things are required for happiness: stupidity, selfishness, and good health. I am," he told Morgan, "an unhappy man - Flaubert tells us that three things are required for happiness: stupidity, selfishness, and good health. I am," he told Morgan, "an unhappy man -
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Instead of taking a year off, I started 'Dreamers of the Day' exactly 36 hours after I sent the manuscript for 'A Thread of Grace' to the publisher! Instead of taking a year off, I started 'Dreamers of the Day' exactly 36 hours after I sent the manuscript for 'A Thread of Grace' to the publisher!
Mary Doria Russell quotes: The sign of a good decision is the multiplicity of reasons for it. The sign of a good decision is the multiplicity of reasons for it.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: The past was not dead but alive, and important by virtue of the very invisibility of its influence. The past was not dead but alive, and important by virtue of the very invisibility of its influence.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: I ain't movin' to Arizona! Dammit, there is nothin' there but gravel and scorpions. I ain't movin' to Arizona! Dammit, there is nothin' there but gravel and scorpions.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: No matter how dark the tapestry God weaves for us, there's always a thread of grace. No matter how dark the tapestry God weaves for us, there's always a thread of grace.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently. I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe or scare me into acting decently.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Not just survival but a good life, full of learning, full of love, Emilio thought, and took a step closer to the death he felt inside himself. He Not just survival but a good life, full of learning, full of love, Emilio thought, and took a step closer to the death he felt inside himself. He
Mary Doria Russell quotes: How can you hear your soul if everyone is talking? How can you hear your soul if everyone is talking?
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Guess - You know how people say, Don't borrow trouble? Well," said Morgan, "I guess it's the opposite of that. Doc is borrowing happiness." The Guess - You know how people say, Don't borrow trouble? Well," said Morgan, "I guess it's the opposite of that. Doc is borrowing happiness." The
Mary Doria Russell quotes: After all, he thought, the one thing an agnostic knows for sure is: you never know. After all, he thought, the one thing an agnostic knows for sure is: you never know.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Love is a debt, she thought. When the bill comes, you pay in grief. Love is a debt, she thought. When the bill comes, you pay in grief.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: I'll take honest arrogance over fake humility any day. I'll take honest arrogance over fake humility any day.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Bein' born is craps. How we live is poker. Mamma played a bad hand well. Bein' born is craps. How we live is poker. Mamma played a bad hand well.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: The world is filled with unreasonable hate. What's wrong with unreasonable love? The world is filled with unreasonable hate. What's wrong with unreasonable love?
Mary Doria Russell quotes: No one who does not live with constant pain can imagine the toll it takes. The way it grinds you down. The sheer damnable tedium of it. No one who does not live with constant pain can imagine the toll it takes. The way it grinds you down. The sheer damnable tedium of it.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Wide is the gate and broad is the path that leads to destruction and many go that way Wide is the gate and broad is the path that leads to destruction and many go that way
Mary Doria Russell quotes: I had enjoyed something that did not belong to me, you see. When it was taken away, I was disappointed but not harmed. I had enjoyed something that did not belong to me, you see. When it was taken away, I was disappointed but not harmed.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Cynicism and foul language are the only vices I'm presently capable of. Everything else takes energy or money. (64) Cynicism and foul language are the only vices I'm presently capable of. Everything else takes energy or money. (64)
Mary Doria Russell quotes: It was politicians saying, Let's you and him fight! It was politicians saying, Let's you and him fight!
Mary Doria Russell quotes: You know how people say, Don't borrow trouble? Well, said Morgan, I guess it's the opposite of that. Doc is borrowing happiness. You know how people say, Don't borrow trouble? Well, said Morgan, I guess it's the opposite of that. Doc is borrowing happiness.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: To leave the apple unpicked - that was sin. To leave the apple unpicked - that was sin.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: The trick is not to care. I have a perfect indifference to winning. The trick is not to care. I have a perfect indifference to winning.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Stability and order have always been paid for with captivity and blood. (76) Stability and order have always been paid for with captivity and blood. (76)
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Wyatt, I'm from Chicago," Eddie told him. "Let me explain politics to you. Wyatt, I'm from Chicago," Eddie told him. "Let me explain politics to you.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Doc's idea of "clarifyin' a point of contention" came awful close to spitting in a man's eye. Doc's idea of "clarifyin' a point of contention" came awful close to spitting in a man's eye.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: The trouble with illusions is that you aren't aware you have any until they are taken away from you. The trouble with illusions is that you aren't aware you have any until they are taken away from you.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Each generation of adolescents has at least two historical events that color its responses to whatever happens next. Each generation of adolescents has at least two historical events that color its responses to whatever happens next.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: My experience is that many things are not as bad as I thought they would be. My experience is that many things are not as bad as I thought they would be.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: His entire experience in this city sounded better than it lived. John His entire experience in this city sounded better than it lived. John
Mary Doria Russell quotes: By comparison he could read her like an illustrated children's story. By comparison he could read her like an illustrated children's story.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: The Elder is called Dee, first-born, of the Yarbrough lineage, whose landname is VaWaco. The Elder is called Dee, first-born, of the Yarbrough lineage, whose landname is VaWaco.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Indulge me, John. Cynicism and foul language are the only vices I'm presently capable of. Everything else takes energy or money. Indulge me, John. Cynicism and foul language are the only vices I'm presently capable of. Everything else takes energy or money.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: And you believe you will succeed, where God has failed me? And you believe you will succeed, where God has failed me?
Mary Doria Russell quotes: In my worldview, there are filers, and there are pilers. Filers think alphabetically. Pilers think geologically. In my worldview, there are filers, and there are pilers. Filers think alphabetically. Pilers think geologically.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: Cleveland is really good about recognizing its artists because of the Arts Council. Cleveland is really good about recognizing its artists because of the Arts Council.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: He had offered some of his own background. A youth in the South. An education in the North. Bred for life in the East. Trying not to die in the He had offered some of his own background. A youth in the South. An education in the North. Bred for life in the East. Trying not to die in the West.
Mary Doria Russell quotes: And she laughed, a full octave, descending from high C like chimes. And she laughed, a full octave, descending from high C like chimes.

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