We are in the world to laugh. In purgatory or in hell we shall no longer be able to do so. And… — Jules Renard Copy Share Image
My first job out of college was as an editorial assistant in a New York publishing house. Being an editorial assistant is… — Lincoln Child Copy Share Image
I live in the social purgatory of the San Fernando Valley, while my eldest daughter is bused to a charter school in… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
Gaze not on beauty too much, lest it blast thee; nor too long, lest it blind thee; nor too near, lest it… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Temporal punishments are suffered by some in this life only, by some after death, by some both here and hereafter, but all… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
England is the paradise of women, the purgatory of men, and the hell of horses. — John Florio Copy Share Image
If I have to spend time in purgatory before going to one place or the other, I guess I'll be all right… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
In theory, it is illegal to make the basement into a bureaucratic purgatory. In 1994, for instance, Congress prohibited agencies from making… — David Fahrenthold Copy Share Image
In medieval times, the Church used to sell 'indulgences' for money. This amounted to paying for some number of days' remission from… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
One curiosity of being a foreigner everywhere is that one finds oneself discerning Edens where the locals see only Purgatory. — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
Are you a vegetarian?' I ask, based on the evidence in front of me. She nods. 'Why?' 'Because I have this theory… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I thought about telling him the truth: 'Oh, nothing. Just having my soul exorcised so I can roam around purgatory, looking for… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
That there should be some fire even after this life is not incredible, and it can be inquired into and either be… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
“How easily such a thing can become a mania, how the most normal and sensible of women once this passion to be… — Kathryn Hurn Copy Share Image
If virtue accompany it, it is the heart's paradise; if vice associate it, it is the soul's purgatory. — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
“Since both the departed saints and we ourselves are in Christ, we share with them in the 'communion of saints.' They are… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
We need no messiah and no sterile conception of a god menacing us with hell and purgatory. — Federica Montseny Copy Share Image
The concept of 'purgatory' is in Catholic Church dogma, and most black people are not Catholic - mostly their Christian realities focus… — Harry Lennix Copy Share Image
The way I understood purgatory - and maybe you've got a different version - but in Chicago in the '70s, the idea… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
