Quotes About Gabriel

Shotgun!' he bellowed, startling them as he scrambled to the front, passenger-side door. Camael looked at him, an expression of confusion on his goateed face. 'What did you Say?' 'I said shotgun,' Gabriel [the dog] explained. 'It's what you're supposed to say when you want to ride in the front seat.' Aaron could not help but laugh. No matter how many conversations he had had with the animal, Gabriel's increased intelligence still managed to surprise him.

Mary, too, has an angel come and promise her a miraculous conception (cf. also 3:23). Gabriel addresses her as "highly favored" (Gk. kecharit?men?, lit. "having been given grace" or "having been treated graciously" in v. 28). The later Latin mistranslation of this verb by the expression "full of grace" (gratia plena) led to the traditional Roman Catholic conception of Mary as somehow uniquely meritorious or deserving of this honor.

Gabriel thought maps should be banned. They gave the world an order and reasonableness which it did not possess.

I was seated at the president's table next to the wife of Gabriel García Márquez. It was a Clinton talkfest

He's not finished talking to us," Gabriel shot back, suddenly gripped by hatred of the priest, of the power he wielded. Father Bouchard knew precisely whom Gabriel's fury was meant for. But he knew, too, that Holy Orders were as impregnable as granite.

The family name is Landsdowne and I am Gabriel." "Oh. Like the archangel," she said without thinking. His eyes crinkled at the corners. "Exactly. Although I've more often been likened to Lucifer, the angel who was cast down to earth. My uncle once suggested I petition Parliament to have my name officially changed so everyone would know me for the devil I am.

But as for Gabriel Sullivan." Ren reach out his six-fingered hand toward me. I clasped it. Warmth flooded me. But something else. Certainty. Trust. Compassion. Courage. He pulled his hand back, smiled. "That is all I can tell you.

Good God, she really did walk in circles. A pang of tenderness centered in Gabriel's chest like an ache. He wanted all her circles to lead back to him.

If it's grouse season," Gabriel pointed out acidly, "and you're keeping company with a flock of grouse on a grouse-moor, it's a bit disingenuous to ask a sportsman to pretend you're not a grouse.

closed doors of the gym into which Gabriel and then Mr. Connelly had disappeared.

Gabriel's voice was like dark velvet against her ear. "I, for one, have been exceptionally productive." "I meant something useful." "You have been useful." His palm smoothed over her naked hip. "Doing what?" "Satisfying my needs." "Not very well, it seems, or I wouldn't have to keep doing it.

Brooding, Gabriel reached over to adjust the front brim of her hat. "What do you think, redbird?" It was a pet name that only he and their father used for her.

And consider this: the angel appeared to Mary first, not to her husband-to-be, Joseph. 'She had no status or honor apart from him,' yet Gabriel came to Mary—further proof of how much God values women.

If Gabriel is an ambassador, if Michael is a general, if Rafael is a healer and spiritual champion, then Uriel is a spymaster—Heaven's spook.

Carried on the brisk winds of faith, guided by devotion, navigated by love, it arrived fresh and bright at the very feet of the Archangel Gabriel.

In Argentina, everyone knows Manchester United, but the only ones who've heard of Fiorentina are people who follow me.

Legend says Gabriel's trumpet will sound the last judgment. I do the same sort of thing with my rifle.

Gabriel drew the strength up his calves and thighs to spin himself in a dizzying turn. Most angels didn't take the time to train their legs, but Gabriel wasn't like most angels.

In the beginning, when the world was new and nothing had a name, my father took me to see the ice.

Among the scarecrows in this vision he could see members of his own family.

The city of Jerusalem, at the time, was in ruins, but destined to be rebuilt. Thus, Gabriel gave Daniel a mathematical prophecy: (7 + 62) times 7 times 360 = 173,880 days

Damn, Gabriel. I didn't touch her." "Your lips were on hers. That's touching," Gabriel growled. [...] "I am the Gabriel. I run this pack, and if any of them" –he looked past her to the Hound on the floor– "want to challenge me over you,all they need to is say the word." The Hound on the floor spoke up. "I turned her down." "Not because she lacks anything," Gabriel growled.

An intriguing mouse was Ms. Baird. Gabriel found himself interested, and he'd never before found a mouse interesting.

I backed the Mercedes out of the garage and waited for Gabriel to close the door and get in. "Your eyes are gold, Mercy," said Gabriel as he slid into the front seat. "I didn't know they did that.