Leisha Evans Quotes

Mr. Dallstrom is a bald, scarecrow of a man with a poochy stomache. Think of a pregnant Abraham Lincoln. ~ Richard Paul Evans

But if the world is watching, we might as well tell the truth. And the truth is, the church doesn't offer a cure. It doesn't offer a quick fix. The church offers death and resurrection. The church offers the messy, inconvenient, gut-wrenching, never-ending work of healing and reconciliation. The church offers grace. Anything else we try to peddle is snake oil. It's not the real thing. ~ Rachel Held Evans

Your soul needs peace, and I can't give you that. Only God can. ~ Marianne Evans

What makes the Bible's miracle stories so compelling is the idea that God cares about people's suffering, not simply their "spiritual blindness" or "spiritual poverty" but also their actual blindness and actual poverty. The apostle Paul insisted to the Corinthian church that the physical resurrection of Jesus, as witnessed by more than five hundred people, portends the resurrection of all who have died, all who have suffered, and that without it "our preaching is useless and so is your faith" (1 Corinthians 15:14). ~ Rachel Held Evans

The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known. ~ Charles Evans Hughes

I was not proficient in Latin and so was not able to go to Oxford or Cambridge. However, I did enter the first-rate chemistry honours program at the University of Manchester in 1950, where the professors were E.R.H. Jones and M.G. Evans, and graduated in 1953, with the financial support of a Blackpool Education Committee Scholarship. ~ Michael Smith

I reached the point where I actually enjoyed the umpiring more than playing. ~ Jim Evans

We may be through with the past, but the past is not through with us. ~ Bergen Evans

His head is busy moving between my parted thighs. He makes low purr-like sounds between my legs and is so surprisingly ravenous I can feel his teeth. His nails bit into my thighs as he devours me like he's the one deriving pleasure from the act, and I'm so turned on by the way he laps me up, that I come. ~ Katy Evans

I've always thought Juliette Lewis was great. ~ Indiana Evans

Sometimes it takes travelling the world to realize that it isn't ok to be different, it's freaking awesome! ~ Richard Paul Evans

Jesus said his Father's House has many rooms. In this metaphor I like to imagine the Presbyterians hanging out in the library, the Baptists running the kitchen, the Anglicans setting the table, the Anabaptists washing feet with the hose in the backyard, the Lutherans making liturgy for the laundry, the Methodists stocking the fire in the hearth, the Catholics keeping the family history, the Pentecostals throwing open all the windows and doors to let more people in. ~ Rachel Held Evans

Stoicism is the wisdom of madness and cynicism the madness of wisdom. ~ Bergen Evans

I know you've got this, but if there's ever a moment when you don't, you've got me. ~ Jenna Evans Welch

I really love the sound of my dog snoring. ~ Chris Evans

My 20s was a time for self-exploration and, okay, a little self-indulgence. ~ Chris Evans

Chocolate is God's apology for brocolli ~ Richard Paul Evans

The first time I was flown to L.A. for a screen test was an incredibly nerve-racking experience. ~ Luke Evans

I stayed in the Navy until July of 1946. ~ Daniel J. Evans

I want to know what it's like to lie next to him without anything between us. ~ Katy Evans

There, on the far side of of the Atlantic, would be Maine, but despite the shared ocean, her island and this one were worlds apart. Where Inishmaan was gray and brown, its fragile man-made soil supporting only the hardiest of low-growing plants, the fertile Quinnipeague invited tall pines in droves, not to mention vegetables, flowers, and improbable, irrepressible herbs. Lifting her head, eyes closed now, she breathed in the damp Irish air and the bit of wood smoke that drifted on the cold ocean wind. Quinnipeague smelled of wood smoke, too, since early mornings there could be chilly, even in summer. But the wood smoke would clear by noon, giving way to the smell of lavender, balsam, and grass. If the winds were from the west, there would be fry smells from the Chowder House; if from the south, the earthiness of the clam flats; if from the northeast, the purity of sweet salt air. ~ Barbara Delinsky

I will continue to stay very focused on the economy. ~ Donald Evans

I think about Aaron Rodgers, he's like Chris Evans before he got the HGH injection in Captain America. But before he was super smart and was still witty and stuff. That's how I see Tom Brady. ~ Michael Bennet

If you don't talk to your customers, how will you know how to talk to your customers? ~ Will Evans

People don't fall in love with each other because it's convenient. They fall in love because they fall in love, and that's it. ~ Harriet Evans

The point is that when I see a sunset or a waterfall or something, for a split second it's so great, because for a little bit I'm out of my brain, and it's got nothing to do with me. I'm not trying to figure it out, you know what I mean? And I wonder if I can somehow find a way to maintain that mind stillness. ~ Chris Evans

Under the right circumstances, a tiny spark can grow into an inferno that can overcome an entire city. So can an idea. ~ Richard Paul Evans

Gemma Arterton in 'The Master Builder' at the Almeida - she was absolutely brilliant. Ibsen is difficult and quite hard to follow, but she just brings the stage to life. ~ Luke Evans

When I'm training hard, the diet is miserable. ~ Luke Evans

Church is not for spectators. ~ Tony Evans

Hmm, do you mind if I put out your fire then?" I brushed his earlobe with my upper lip. ~ Shaye Evans

We are safe, with our families, until we are not. ~ Danielle Evans

One of our urgent opportunities is to respond to a child when he earnestly asks, remembering that they don't always ask. ~ Richard L. Evans

We are what we are, wherever we are. ~ Richard L. Evans

If you had of told me age 10 that in 19 years time I would be on a stage in Salford performing with Les Dennis in a sitcom I had written, I would have believed you. ~ Pippa Evans

There are certain films you want to see on the big screen. ~ Luke Evans

I had to figure out my own faith. That was something I figured out a while ago when I was 18. But I can always stand on the fact that my dad has been a great example for me. Beyond that, building my career hasn't been attached to my dad. It's been me figuring things out for myself. ~ Anthony Evans

I think I finally understand the saying like a moth to a flame. I'm the moth. My heart flutters like the paper thin wings. And he is the flame, incendiary, scorching my soul.
He inhales so heavily, like he's been holding his breath under water. He presses his lips against mine and tugs at my hair gently. My head falls back and my mouth falls open. His tongue, slick as silver, dances with mine.
I'm wrong. I'm not a moth. I'm Icarus and I've flown too close to the sun. ~ A.D. Evans

Its not really about the movie business, it's about staying in the picture. ~ Robert Evans

Love is what happens when we forgive. I forgive Connor Evans. A part of me will always love him, but from this day on I won't hate him. Not for one minute. I forgive him because he gave me Max. ~ Karen Kingsbury

We should think seriously before we slam doors, before we burn bridges, before we saw off the limb on which we find ourselves sitting. ~ Richard L. Evans

I had to put it on the line, but it was my Tour to win and mine to lose. ~ Cadel Evans

Some people in this world have stopped looking for beauty, then wonder why their lives are so ugly. Don't be like them. The ability to appreciate beauty is of God. Especially in one another. Look for beauty in everyone you meet, and you'll find it. Everyone carries divinity within them. And everyone we meet has something to impart. ~ Richard Paul Evans

I don't comment on other people's opinion. ~ Luke Evans

But what interested me the most about Song of Songs was the fact that it presents us with the longest unmediated female voice in the entire Bible. Where much of the Old Testament seems to regard female sexuality as something to be regulated and feared, Song of Songs unleashes a vivid and erotic expression of woman's desire. In fact, the female perspective so dominates the poem that some scholars believe it may have been written by a woman. So what does this ancient, uninhibited female voice say? To sum it up, she says she's beautiful, and she knows what she wants. (Basically, the lyrics to Beyoncé's next hit.) ~ Rachel Held Evans

Mr. Evans beamed. "Could I get you a drink?" he said. The words were ordinary; the phrase was one that Maureen had heard and often welcomed at endless dozens of parties. But Mr. Evans managed to invest it with such a delightful Edwardian gallantry that you almost thought he had said, "May I bring an ice to you in the conservatory? ~ Anthony Boucher

Just the life of doing what I do, being in the public eye, it's a stressful environment ... You feel strange, self-aware, very foolish. Your third eye clicks on, just to try to maintain a healthy sense of perspective, and you think, 'What am I doing here? I'm just making a movie, and people want all these things from me.' ~ Chris Evans