Sarah Dessen Quotes

Adam picks up the camera "I have to get a shot of this." The reaction in the room was swift, and unanimous: every single person except me raised their hands at once to cover their faces. The accompanying utterances, though, were varied. I heard everything from "Please no" (Maggie), to "Jesus Christ" (Wallace), to "Stop it or die" (I'm assuming it's obvious).

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• I think Jesus was about bringing people together and connecting people in love, hanging out with the people who other people didn't want to hang out with. Spending time with the worst of the worst because He knew those are the people who needed Him most.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • People
  • Time
  • Think

• I base jumped off the Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro.

  

  Felix Baumgartner
  • Jesus
  • Off
  • Statue

• I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.

  

  Ignatius of Antioch
  • Power
  • Death
  • Earth

• I find Jesus my confidant and companion, brother and savior; our relationship is intimate, vulnerable, demanding yet comfortable and reassuring.

  

  Malcolm Boyd
  • Relationship
  • Jesus
  • Brother

• When we think of the ideal, we do not add virtue to virtue, but think of Jesus Christ, so that the standard of human life is no longer a code, but a character.

  

  E. Stanley Jones
  • Life
  • Character
  • Think

• Sadly, journalism doesn't always state the obvious.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • Always
  • Journalism
  • Obvious

• Boy, it is not fun suffering in this body of weak flesh, but Jesus is straightening out all my crooked places.

  

  Vanity
  • Fun
  • Jesus
  • Suffering

• The Jews tried to kill the principles of all religions with the same mentality in which they betrayed Jesus Christ and the same way they tried to betray and kill the Prophet Muhammad.

  

  Bashar al-Assad
  • Jesus

• This too I know-and wise it wereIf each could know the same-That every prison that men buildIs built with bricks of shame,And bound with bars lest Christ should see How men their brothers maim.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Men
  • Christ
  • Prison

• Well, life was tough, but at least I was able to live it out and I was able to face death and not be afraid. Well, now I'm ready to go to Heaven and be with Jesus, and...hey? Hey, what's this? Oh, God it feels like a man's DICK IN MY ASS! Oh, GOD!!! I'M DEAD!!! Oh, you mean life keeps on fucking you even after you're dead? Oh, it never ends! OH! OHHH!!!

  

  Sam Kinison
  • Life
  • God
  • Live

• Happy in the time of Jesus were those who wept! Happy, now, are those who can laugh, because laughter is the attribute of man, as the great prophet of the Renaissance, Rabelais, said. Laughter is forbearance; laughter is philosophy. The heavens clear when they laugh, and the great secret of divine omnipotence resides in an eternal smile!

  

  Eliphas Levi
  • Time
  • Great
  • Happy

• Many have a vague idea that they must make some wonderful effort in order to gain the favor of God. But all self-dependence is vain. It is only by connecting with Jesus through faith that the sinner becomes a hopeful, believing child of God.

  

  Ellen G. White
  • God
  • Faith
  • Jesus

• I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us.

  

  Martin Sheen
  • Believe
  • Present
  • Jesus

• I was a bookworm who aced every test - until third grade, when my teacher handed out a pop quiz about Jesus and the Apostles.

  

  Caroline Leavitt
  • Jesus
  • Teacher

• There was no pomp and ceremony in connection with the birth of Jesus - rather the opposite: it took place in simplicity and in poverty.

  

  Keith O'Brien
  • Jesus
  • Poverty
  • Connection

• I always acted in high school. Actually, I started in preschool. I was in a play about Jesus. I went to a Catholic school and played an angel and recited some poem about Jesus. It felt so long to me at the time.

  

  Maura Tierney
  • Time
  • Long
  • School

• What's different about the Gospel of Thomas is that, instead of focusing entirely on who Jesus is and the wonderful works of Jesus, it focuses on how you and I can find the kingdom of God, or life in the presence of God.

  

  Elaine Pagels
  • Life
  • God
  • Different

• I entered the diocesan seminary. I liked the Dominicans, and I had Dominican friends. But then I chose the Society of Jesus, which I knew well because the seminary was entrusted to the Jesuits. Three things in particular struck me about the Society: the missionary spirit, community and discipline.

  

  Pope Francis
  • Friends
  • Society
  • Community

• It is tragic that some Christians have been so battered with stories of a prideful, vindictive God that they have fled from Jesus' fold.

  

  Frederica Mathewes-Green
  • God
  • Jesus

• Over the years, I've found that dealing with white people faux pas can be tricky. If I get upset, I could quickly be labeled the 'angry black girl.' But if I don't say anything or react too passively, I risk giving friends and acquaintances permission to continue crossing the line.

  

  Franchesca Ramsey
  • Giving
  • Anything
  • Dealing

• I want Americans to realize that we are the owners of this country, and that one person can make a difference.

  

  Michael Moore
  • Country
  • Persons
  • Difference

• So far as travel advice to Kenya is concerned, it already warns of possible dangers and we will be reviewing that straight away.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Travel
  • Advice
  • Dangers

• Adam picks up the camera "I have to get a shot of this." The reaction in the room was swift, and unanimous: every single person except me raised their hands at once to cover their faces. The accompanying utterances, though, were varied. I heard everything from "Please no" (Maggie), to "Jesus Christ" (Wallace), to "Stop it or die" (I'm assuming it's obvious).

  

  Sarah Dessen
  • Jesus
  • Christ
  • Faces