Quotes About Marianne

My father used to say superior people never make long visits.

Did you know, Marianne: how by breaking the code that day, you broke it forever? For us all?

Except Marianne, who smiled vaguely.

Fill you mind with the meaningless stimuli of a world preoccupied with meaningless things, and it will not be easy to feel peace in your heart.

Vous êtes comme les roses du Bengale, Marianne, sans épines et sans parfum.

Marianne's mouth was open in surprise, but Poppy looked murderous. She clutched her reticule as though it contained a weapon. Realizing that it probably held some very sharp knitting needles, Christian reflected that it did.

They had wrung their hands over his dangerous conflations, his fervor, and his lack of humanity. But Freddy Lederer's account was something new to Marianne. She lay in bed that night and knew Connie was right. Hitler must die.

The fact that the commercial success of my books has allowed me to buy a house for myself and my daughter I think is a lovely thing. I don't think there is anything wrong with that.

There was nothing in her immediate ancestry to account for her. There was no explaining her except by the theory that some fierce spark of endeavor, lit by a forgotten pioneer ancestor, had lived on in the contented stuff of succeeding generations until the wind of a new age whipped it into a flame that was called Marianne Le Patourel. . . . Or by the theory propounded by the peasant nurse of her babyhood, who had vowed she was a changeling.

I think it would be advisable, Mamma," said Marianne. "We need the exercise." She spoke primly in her quiet, hard little voice, her clear brain leading her to make unerring attack upon the maternal sense of duty rather than the maternal affections.

I am governed by the pull of the sentence as the pull of fabric is governed by gravity.

He teaches us to see love as our only function.

The choice to be used as an instrument of love, right here, right now, is a choice for personal empowerment.

It is not your job to seek for love, it is your job to seek within yourself all the barriers who hold against its coming.

It is not the radicalism of hate that is our biggest danger today; our biggest danger is that we lack the radicalism of love.

God is love. We were created in His image, or mind, which means that we are extensions of His love.

Marianne Williamson

Enlightenment is a shift in worldview, and only a more enlightened thinking can deliver us to an enlightened world.

If I just want to 'start a conversation,' I don't need to run for office. As a matter of fact, it could be argued that many people are more open to hearing you if you're not running for office.

Miracles occur naturally as expressions of love. The real miracle is the love that inspires them. In this sense everything that comes from love is a miracle.

Fear unchecked grows exponentially. Love poured forth has the power to remove it. Thus is the power of God in our lives

People with AIDS, cancer and other illnesses need free nonmedical support services.

Some pain is simply the normal grief of human existence. That is pain that I try to make room for. I honor my grief.

bought a very used Oldsmobile Ciera so he could drive the four-plus hours to see Marianne every weekend. The drive seemed interminable. He couldn't wait to sprint out of the car and into her arms. Sitting