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Quotes About Sanctuary

This is the place of my song-dream, the place the music played to me,' whispered the Rat, as if in a trance. 'Here, in this holy place, here if anywhere, surely
~ Kenneth Grahame
I wished I could be alone in my room, with my books, away from these people.
~ Khaled Hosseini
This is the real house of God, this is where those who have lost God will find Him, not the white masjid with its bright diamond lights and towering minarets.
~ Khaled Hosseini
Even a superhero needs a place to be normal.
~ Kim Harrison
Kaffe av skålen, et forsvarlig smørogbrød med snedkeren, ingen unatur og kunster, det var akkurat som et lite fotfæste for hende her i denne kroken.
~ Knut Hamsun
There's no place like HOME.
~ L. Frank Baum
I do not understand how anyone can live without some small place of enchantment to turn to.
~ Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Religion is all-too-often a refuge for scoundrels.
~ Neal Boortz
A garden is a private world or it is nothing.
~ Eleanor Perenyi
Inui's insane laughter filled the sanctuary. The ceiling peeled off and shards of stained glass danced through the air. They turned into dead rats, German dictionaries, wineglasses, fountain pens, scorpions, cats' heads, syringes, and a motley jumble of other objects that filled the space, flying around madly, swirling like a whirlwind, surging like a raging sea.
~ Yasutaka Tsutsui
Much of what one does--to avoid suffering, to seek happiness, to stay healthy--is to keep a safe space for one's private language.
~ Yiyun Li
LORD, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart and has no slander on his tongue, who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman (PSALM 15:1-3).
~ Deborah Smith Pegues
We are starting a sanctuary, a community that will have justice, wisdom, moderation and courage…" "It's from Plato," said Pa. "From The Republic ." "I see," said Hennie, in a tone that revealed he had no idea what Pa was talking about.
~ Deon Meyer
What would killing the Elders result in?" "Panic? Fear? Three empty parking spaces in the Sanctuary?
~ Derek Landy
We're here on Sanctuary business," Skulduggery tried. The man on Deadfall's right bristled, and Deadfall grinned. "Hear that, Pete? They're with that Sanctuary." Hokum Pete snarled. "I hate the Sanctuary." "Oh," Skulduggery said. "We all hate the Sanctuary." "Ah. Then we're not here on Sanctuary business. I was just joking.
~ Derek Landy
Skulduggery: What do you get if you kill the Elders? Stephanie: This sounds like a joke Skulduggery: Valkyrie -- Stephanie: I don't know Skulduggery: Yes, yes you do.. not think what would killing the Elders result in? Stephanie: Panic, fear? Three empty spaces in the Sanctuary - Skulduggery Pleasant
~ Derek Landy
I don't care how smart you are," Guild said. "Sanctuary experts have examined that bomb for decades and they still have no idea how it worked, let alone how to fix it in a single afternoon." "Of course they don't, you damn fool. They didn't build the thing in the first place, now did they?" - Kenspeckle
~ Derek Landy
So not only have we Darquesse on the loose, and not only do we have nineteen supercharged sorcerers running around, and virtually every Sanctuary on the planet in a state of chaos, but now we have twenty-three days to decide who's going to kill themselves to save the world? How the hell are we meant to manage any of that? - Vex
~ Derek Landy
A School Library is Like the Bat Cave: it's a safe fortress in a chaotic world, a source of knowledge and the lair of a superhero.
~ Tom Angleberger
Let my body dwell in poverty, and my hands be as the hands of the toiler; but let my soul be as a temple of remembrance where the treasures of knowledge enter and the inner sanctuary is hope.
~ George Eliot
Your heart is sacred land. Don't let just anything enter it. Guard it with your life.
~ Yasmin Mogahed
At least, that's what he chose to believe. To have a reason for his packing, and a place to think of as a sanctuary. Or a hiding place.
~ Jeff Vandermeer
If understood, believed, and lived out, God's plan would naturally place Christians at the epicenter of their communities, like hope magnets, like soft places to fall, like living sanctuaries. We'd be coveted neighbors and trusted advocates, friends to all and enemies of none. Our reputation would precede us, and we would be such a joy to the world.
~ Jen Hatmaker
If Jesus made the sanctuary free and available for all, we should too. If the savior of the world decided that demarkations and hierarchies and power players were no longer necessary to the health of his church, then who are we to reinstate a ranking system after Jesus rendered it obsolete?
~ Jen Hatmaker