Clearly.

We’re supposed to strive for harmony, and that’s what the art of tea is supposed to accomplish… but harmony is very, very difficult to achieve in this country. Tea ceremony is powerless. But it’s also...

With a grin, I told her, “I’ll have more than ten minutes’ notice that this battle is coming. In that way, this might be the most prepared I’ve ever been.

Life is the muse which perfectly rhymes,Plays with the words and fills empty lines.For some, life is battle for others, it’s danceFor rich it is a party for the poor it is chance.For lovers, it’s...

Right,” Sadie said. “And Set will just stand there calmly while I read him to death.

That’s the way all life’s battles are won.. You don’t look at the overall picture. You take one step, then another, and another… until you arrive at your destination.

Damn it! It was a stupid plan!” Uri swung an arm around behind himself and his bag being the nearest object in reach, swung it across the room with as much force as he could...

That fighting of a battle without belief is, I think, the sorriest task which ever falls to the lot of any man.

I suffered my own battles. I suffer still.

Something in me died at Peleliu. Perhaps it was the childish innocence that accepted as faith the claim that Man is basically good. Possibly I lost faith that politicians in high places, who do not...

For a full two hours, he stood at that door, a cloud of uncertainty ruling his mind. Damian felt like his heart was about to burst. Could she love him? Was it really true?

Marriage, in life, is like a duel in the midst of a battle.

When you become a Christian, you are not on earth to fight for Jesus; God needed only one battle to redeem the souls of humanity. It was the cross.

Sir Arthur grimaced. He hated violence – perhaps his father ingrained that into him. But he still fought, for principle and for father’s legacy. Now that legacy meant the protection of defenseless women. There were...

In the heat of battle it ceases to be an idea or a flag for which we fight. Rather we fight for the man on our right or left. When the years fall away, all...

Once there is realization of self challenge, ego versus soul, competition with others becomes futile.

There were times that I needed to go to battle, but how I went to battle wasn’t always the best way in.

Judge tenderly, if you must. There is usually a side you have not heard, a story you know nothing about, and a battle waged that you are not having to fight.

Priests might divide the world into good and bad. In battle there was strong and weak and nothing else.

Then she loved him as she would a manifestation of herself, both silenced and wounded in existence, both everything and nothing to eternity.

It is wonderful, awesome and merrywise to see satan lose the battle to us in fear and panic and shame! Our victory is in Christ Jesus!

inner battle” is won.

No singer would ever make a song about that battle. No maester would ever write down an account for one of the Reader’s beloved books. No banners flew, no warhorns moaned, no great lord called...

What happened next? I retain nothing from those terrible minutes except indistinct memories which flash into my mind with sudden brutality, like apparitions, among bursts and scenes and visions that are scarcely imaginable. It is...

Little Maiden Encounters FearDeepest regions walked she therelittle maiden sweet and fairventured far from the pathnever a whispernever a laugh…

Strength lies not in defence but in attack.

Reason lost the battle, and all I could do was surrender and accept I was in love.

He that fights and runs away, May turn and fight another day; But he that is in battle slain, Will never rise to fight again.

Day in and day out we learn to train and grow as Guardians. We do as we’re told and follow the rules. We all work hard. Now it’s our turn to watch some demons tremble...

And the One will win the Armor of the Easter Dawn and defeat the enemy with audacity and wisdom. The body of the One is strong and ready to lead. Lammasu will pounce

It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo.

I was only trying to survive,” she mumbled, as if it made any difference. It was no excuse to use against someone who had truly been trying to survive, and Damian had done so quite...

Humour is the best weapon to fight any battle. But there is a thin line between humour and humiliation and beware not to cross it.

To be honest, Briec doesn’tconsider fights with humans as battles. I think he sees that more ashunting. Or a snack that runs.

Nice jewelry and a boys corpse. Oh you’re so pretty.

It is for your own good to love a dare-devil rather than a holy coward. A dare-devil is a unique devil, battling your fears, your pains, conquering your uncertainties, carrying you his arms, and flying...

Kill every enemy twice, Wilky said. Better than gettin’ shot by a soldier pretending to be dead.

Fight on, brave knights! Man dies, but glory lives! Fight on; death is better than defeat! Fight on brave knights! for bright eyes behold your deeds!

And one battle looks much like another when you survey the corpses after.

Gabe watched, holding his breath as the figure slowly turned. The body moved in an almost unnatural way as it shifted and crawled slowly on all fours across the floor. When the candlelight at last...

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

Every morning is a battle between the superego and the id, and I am a mere foot soldier with mud and a snooze button on her shield.

One of the many, many salutary aspects of Barack Obama’s impending presidential nomination is the sea change his victory marks in the battle for the mind-set of the American foreign policy establishment.

Shiloh had become far too used to it; for all that she paid him no mind, the moment his sharp fangs pierced the skin on the inside of her thigh, her head lolled back against...

Writing a first-draft battle scene is akin to real combat—chaos, confusion, and you must keep your cool as you fire word bullets downrange.

Humility and pride will forever battle whenever or wherever love is concerned

Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from one’s enemies.

There was a loud shuffling above. A line of redcoats took their position at the edge of the ravine and aimed down at the rebels.”Present!” the British officer screamed to his men.”Present!” yelled the American...

Sex and battle were each dangerous in their own ways.

All good things originate with the Creator God, he’d been taught, and the Song of Life was no exception.