First-sentence Quote by Mary Doria Russell Download Open image ““Celestina Giuliani learned the word "slander" at her cousin's baptism.”” — Mary Doria Russell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare First-sentence
“Giulia clasped her hands together just below her bosom, blinked moistly, and flung herself at Borgia's feet. 'My lord! My darling! How could I… — Sara Poole Copy Share Image
“He grimaced. “My Italian, and other languages. It was part of why they wanted me.” “Other languages? What, like German and French?” He was getting visibly uncomfortable. “More than those three?” “Uh, yeah.” “Jeez, Baldwin, how many languages do you speak?” “Thirteen.” She caught her jaw before it hit her chest. She thought back a few moments. Honesty. Omissions weren’t… — J.T. Ellison Copy Share
“Now she understands that his use of the slur is deliberate. A dehumanizing word for someone who has been made into a thing.” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“If you must slander someone, don't speak it - but write it - write it in the sand, near the water's edge!” — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
“Her wrinkles were like slander. Her voice was akin to a beating with a stick.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
Slander is a vice that strikes a double blow; wounding both him that commits, and him against whom it is committed. — Bernard-Joseph Saurin Copy Share Image
“Trying to stop slanderers' tongues is like trying to put gates to the open plain.” — Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Copy Share Image
“The household was densely populated by a lively gang of children, homemade and Fostered, mix thoroughly and well.” — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“As many as thirty or as few as ten years later, lying exhausted and still, eyes open in the dark long after the three… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
Like so many Boomers, I saw 'Lawrence of Arabia' in 1962 when it was first released and when we were young teenagers. I'm not… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“[John] watched the flames for a while. "I would have to say that I find God in serving His children. 'When I was hungry… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“Stability and order have always been paid for with captivity and blood. (76)” — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
In my worldview, there are filers, and there are pilers. Filers think alphabetically. Pilers think geologically. — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
See that's where it falls apart for me!" Anne cried. "What sticks in my throat is that God gets the credit but never the… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
Cleveland is really good about recognizing its artists because of the Arts Council. — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
You know what's the most terrifying thing about admitting that you're in love? You're just naked. You put yourself in harm's way and you… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
If we keep demanding that God yield up His answers, perhaps some day we will understand them. And then we will be something more… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“The poor you will always have with you,' Jesus said. A warning, Emilio wondered, or an indictment?” — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“Ah, Sofia, darlin'! On my best days, I believe in Him with all my heart." "And on your worst days?" she had asked that… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“The family landed in the Western Hemisphere in the person of Roger Blake Wolfe, who arrived with a price on his head.” — James Carlos Blake Copy Share Image
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“It was a small town by a small river and a small lake in a small northern part of a Midwest state. There wasn't… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“When a naked man shows up on your doorstep with a bear trap clamped around his ankle, it's best just to do what he… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
“My lifelong involvement with Mrs Dempster began at 5:58 o'clock p.m. on 27 December 1908, at which time I was ten years and seven months old.” — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“There is no man so unsuited for the task of speaking about memory as I am, for I find scarcely a trace of it… — Geoff Ryman Copy Share Image
![“[John] watched the flames for a while. "I would have to say that I find God in serving His children. 'When I was hungry and you fed me, I was thirsty and you gave me to drink, I was a stanger and you welcomed me, naked and you clothed me, sick and you cared for me, imprisoned and you came to me.'"…” quote by Mary Doria Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a0f/mary-doria-russell-3319_break-your-heart_john-watched-the-flames-for-a-while-i-wo_172417.jpg)
