Like an earthbound sun, whenever someone was within his…

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