Biblical Reference Quotes

“The only Commandment I ever obeyed — 'Consider the Lilies.”
― Emily Dickinson, Letters of Emily Dickinson

“I begin to wonder if David was like me. Seeing monsters everywhere and realizing there aren't enough slingshots in the world to get rid of them.”
― Neal Shusterman, Challenger Deep

“And what, brothers, I had to escape into sleep from then was the horrible and wrong feeling that it was better to get the hit than give it. If that veck had stayed I might even have like presented the other cheek.”
― Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange

“He means to rename us--to return us to our true names, our truest selves. He means to heal our soul holes. From the very beginning, that Eden beginning, that has always been and always is, to this day, His secret purpose--our return to 'our full glory'.”
― Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

“Mary remained weeping for her friend Jesus who had been all the world to her, and whose death ad meant the loss of that world. With great courage to be alone, and great courage to love despite devastating loss, she struggled to carry on, hoping to find and rebury Jesus' missing body. Suddenly Jesus stood before her alive again, calling her name. She turned, reaching, and said "Rabbouni!" "Noli me tangere," he replied- "don't touch me." If the courage to be alone requires also the courage to love, the courage to love still does not overcome loneliness.”
― Robert Cummings Neville

“Why did you tell me all this?"

"So if I die, you'd know not to come looking for me when you get to heaven.”
― Lorraine Heath, Lord of Wicked Intentions

“Our glass train, on fragile tracks
Beneath bombs that fall like the flood
To wash away the shards
—But all this sorrow will recede
And we will leave
Two by two
And until then, I will only think of you.”
― Danny M. Cohen, Train

“I have tried you in the furnace of affection.”
― Jill Alexander Essbaum, Heaven