…nobody ever takes from the desert anything but aridity and monsters…
– John Geddes
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- A man who journeys in the desert finds a guide among the desert people, and he who journeys on the sea trusts seamen. – Marmaduke William Pickthall
- God trained Moses in a palace to use him in a desert. He trained Joseph in a desert to use him in a palace. – Ravi Zacharias
- The desert shatters the soul’s arrogance and leaves body and soul crying out in thirst and hunger. In the desert we trust God or die. – Dan B Allender
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- …we fear monsters because we fear the dark parts of ourselves… – John Geddes
- …people demonize certain types of crime – it’s a way of distancing ourselves from the monsters… – John Geddes
- …cities are murky places – hatching grounds for monsters… – John Geddes
- …our monsters walk the dark pathways of secret motives… – John Geddes
- …Mankind is not a race of noble savages – but primitive monsters hide inside us, elusive as Sasquatch… – John Geddes
- They call us monsters because it makes it easier to hurt us. Bus monsters are people too. – Kippa
- As a child, I was afraid of the dark and the monsters on the outside.As a man, I run away from the light, afraid to show the monsters within. – Anthony Liccione
- Monsters don’t exist. It’s men you should be afraid of, not monsters. – Niccol Ammaniti
- War makes monsters of us all. But what happens to those of us who no longer wish to be monsters? – Kameron Hurley
- … not all monsters look like monsters. There are some that carry their monstrosity inside. – Fredrik Backman
- It was one thing to deal with monsters that were human in appearance. Another thing entirely to deal with humans who were monsters. – Samantha Young
- Monsters, show me the monsters: these people out on the street. My people. – Jos Eduardo Agualusa
- ANSON: I guess we’re all monsters.KAYLEE: Yeah, well, humans can be monsters, too… – T S Joyce
- …If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood-”but no self- respecting writer should ever eulogize a slum… – John Geddes
- I think she’s brave. I think that nobody has ever believed what she could be capable of. All her life, nobody was listening. – Lauren DeStefano
- Fern: How would you know? Have you ever been nobody? Ambrose: Everybody who is somebody becomes nobody the moment they fail. – Amy Harmon
- The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous – John le Carr
- Mind-power takes you to the mountaintop. Heart-power takes you the stars. Soul-power takes you to the edge of the universe. – Matshona Dhliwayo
- Building trust takes long- years, sometimes decades. It takes a second, a word, or a misstep to lose it. Regaining trust takes even longer. – Assegid Habtewold
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- Charlie had kissed a lot of guys. And Connor’s kiss had been the best ever. Ever, ever, ever. – Robin Bielman
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- Nobody who says, -˜I told you so’ has ever been, or will ever be, a hero. – Ursula K Le Guin
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- She thirsted for love, but found only a mirage. Some hearts are a desert you can die wandering in. – John Mark Green
- For my friends do not desert me, and life stays; for those two things I must be grateful. – John Williams
- …I hardly ever see your profile, but have I told you it’s beautiful? – like the soft gentle lines of snow… – John Geddes
- As a kid, she’d always loved Halloween. A magic night. A night when anything could happen. Monsters could be real. Magic could whisper in the air. – Cynthia Eden
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