Jacob.” A whisper of the past.

Catholicity seized on man... and the mystics, transcending all, taught him to ascend on high with the wings of contemplation the Ladder of Jacob…

— Juan Donoso Cortes

Did he only wear a shirt during class? Oh my God, he seriously lived across the hall. Jacob was going to flip... and probably…

— J. Lynn

I was much more upset by the situation with Jacob than by the possibility of being eaten by a bear.

— Stephenie Meyer

American foreign policy and military might have opened an opportunity for the Gospel in the land of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

— Charles Stanley

To Jane Jacob’s three traditional urban values of civic space, human scale and diversity, the current environmental imperative adds two more: conservation and regionalism.

— Peter Calthorpe

Each had his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart; and his friends could only read…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

“What appear to be dangerous and even bad periods in some lives can actually bring them closer to the Lord, because these individuals honestly…

— Henry Cloud

“Jacob-el was a place-name in Palestine according to an inscription.”

— John Courtenay James

Odd as this might sound, I suppose I’m glad you’re here, Jacob. [Edward Cullen]

— Stephenie Meyer

“When pain is vivid, when decisions are keen-edged, we believe that we are the surgeons. But time passes, and one sees the whole more…

— David Mitchell

“I'd run you know. It's like when you're really busy doing something and you don't have time to think about things. Well, I'd run…

— Melina Marchetta

The night breathed through the apartment like a dark animal. The ticking of a clock. The groan of a floorboard as he slipped out…

— Cornelia Funke

Jacob's little smirk became a full-blown grin, and I knew he was picturing Charlie showing up to arrest him. This grin was too bitter,…

— Stephenie Meyer

“Sticks and stones will break your bones, but failure will get you killed.”

— Laurell K. Hamilton

“Why didn't Jacob simply refuse to go along with this bold, obvious swindle? Again, Robert Alter's insights are invaluable. When Jacob asks, 'Why have…

— Timothy Keller