All the names I’ve called you through the years—my chick, my pumpkin, precious dove, darling, sweetheart, dinky, smudge … I know why the Jews and Muslims have nine hundred names for God; one small word is not enough for love.
Diana Gabaldon
Related My darling girl, Unfortunately this earth is not a fairy-land, but a struggle for life, perfectly na... MARTIN BORMANN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES To search the sands of a lost desert for truth and justice in this world today you might as well be ... GARY F EVANS... There are various names for god- Allah, Almighty, Jesus and hundreds of other names but the one I li... SHAMSIR ALAM Over the past 10 years I have placed in my novels the names of more than two dozen close friends and... DAN BROWN I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinion... BRENE BROWN Not," Swift said firmly, "for all the tea in China." "That expression has never made sense to m... LISA KLEYPAS What matters is the one thing I do know for certain: God is with me. CRAIG GROESCHEL Jesus Christ wants to show His love for this world through us, Christians. SUNDAY ADELAJA Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum ... KNUT HAMSUN I named my pumpkin Bob. Bob can have a big smile or frown on his face, but only once. Bob like's Oct... BRENT M. JONES My body is not my own any more. They have stamped their names all over it. LOUISE O'NEILL At the weekends, I usually have around 50 kids running around in my back garden. They are all friend... MAGNUS SCHEVING Everything about Andrew was hot, from the hands holding him down to the mouth steadily taking Neil a... NORA SAKAVIC wo chhod dete hain jb hm tnha hote hain
wo paas hote hain jb mere paas hazaro hopte hain. SONYY TYAGI I call everyone 'Darling' because I can't remember their names. ZSA ZSA GABOR Thus with my lips have I denounced you, while my heart, bleeding within me, called you tender names.... KAHLIL GIBRAN At my age the only problem is with remembering names. When I call everyone darling, it has damn all ... RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH We all have our convictions formed by different things, and mine are informed by my faith, they'... KIRK CAMERON Doc has been my name all my life, and John is my middle name. I'm proud of all my names - Malcol... DR. JOHN You’re in my every breath and every thought, intertwined so deep inside me that love’s not a str... NALINI SINGH Christ says: I know you through and through – I know everything about you. The very hairs of your ... MOTHER TERESA Divine Love is the key to all of existence. Without it, nothing can survive. Every one of us i... C.MICHELLE GONZALEZ At my age the only problem is with remembering names. When I call everyone darling, it has damn all ... RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH You know why I want you? I didn’t know I was lost until you found me. I didn’t know what alone w... JAMIE MCGUIRE You could have names like Hatred; you could have names that mean something like Suffering or Poverty... PETINA GAPPAH The fear of God is the only cure for the fear of people. CRAIG GROESCHEL I love you with everything I am, everything I've been, and everything I hope to be. I love you with ... JULIA QUINN I like straightforward names for my characters. When I get too symbolic with names or places, I star... TAYARI JONES If the best is possible, than good is never enough and only do the best. ROBERT SIAHAAN I have fallen in love with American names, the sharp, gaunt names that never get fat. STEPHEN VINCENT BENET He murmured her name, tenderly taking her face in his hands. “I love you,” he said, his voice lo... JULIA QUINN Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God. SENECA I get called all these horrible names by Lindsey Graham, who I don't even know. DONALD TRUMP The right one for you will move mountains to be with you - he won't hide behind them. MANDY HALE There are two hundred and fifty-six names given in the Bible for the Lord Jesus Christ, and I suppos... BILLY SUNDAY Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel. "You could live a hundred lifetimes and not ... SUZANNE COLLINS I don't love you anymore", she whispered. "I don't love you at all." His throat closed. "It's all ri... SUSAN ELIZABETH PHILLIPS I was called really horrible, profane names very loudly in front of huge crowds of people, and my sc... LADY GAGA And I always read the English translation and always have conversations with my translator, for exam... CORNELIA FUNKE Love is such a small word for what I feel. For the first time in my life, I have a reason to breathe... TAMIE DEAREN So I had all the names, three names, and that's good to have on a soap. JOAN ARK So I had all the names, three names, and that's good to have on a soap. JOAN VAN ARK They don’t want me. They’re curious why you want me. And anyway, I feel sorry for anyone that th... JAMIE MCGUIRE Heart beats fast Colors and promises How do be brave How can I love when I'm afraid To fall But watc... CHRISTINA PERRI I know I’ve loved you since I took my first breath on this earth. I’ve been waiting for you my w... ALEXA RILEY Why live for the day,
when you know the next one
is going to be exactly the same. HUGO SVENSSON Many confuse things with their names. This is a mistake. A name is only a word and a word will never... ROSELYNN CANNES, FALLEN Even as one and the same person is called by different names according to the different functions he... RAMANA MAHARSHI I thought that I was the Warrior and Cersei was the Maid, but all the time she was the Stranger, ... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN There are all the other times when I take a rosary, or misbaha, with thirty-three beads. God has nin... SADIQUA HAMDAN We all leave personal legacies for the people we know and love. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE They have all different names for music. I think the music I'm going to change the style with is... IKE TURNER I wish I could wait forever for your love, my sweetheart.. even though I know for sure...that n... TOBA BETA I call everyone 'Darling' because I can't remember their names. ZSA ZSA GABOR All black Americans have slave names. They have white names; names that the slave master has given t... MUHAMMAD ALI It's a sad time in our community. We're a small community, and we handle things differently in small... GERALD BROWN The majority of my life has revolved around my tennis, so it is a very special honor to be elected .... GABRIELA SABATINI My perfect girl would be pretty mad, but one you can have a conversation with. No one can be too mad... LEE RYAN The future is uncertain, but that can be a good thing. JENNIFER NIVEN It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everythi... OSCAR WILDE Let me take you to a better place,
full of death, rot and decay. My silver hair shall billow around ... LUCY CREVAN The winning names were not even remotely names I would have chosen or invented. MICHAEL CHABON Darling, I would follow you through the blackest midnight—just not without my trousers! SETH ADAM SMITH On this Mother's Day and every day before and after, I thank you God for the precious gift of my thr... ANA MONNAR I have one last hope for you, which is something that I already had at 21. The friends with whom I s... J.K. ROWLING I will find you," he whispered in my ear. "I promise. If I must endure two hundred years of purgator... DIANA GABALDON My mind is vacant on names, but I know him as well as anything. When I need names they drop out of m... IMOGEN CUNNINGHAM Immortality is in many forms real for why would you try to cypher through confessed knowledge writte... JEFFREY LEE GIBSON JR. Yes. You may use my/our names as a public supporter for Jeff Stone. BOB DOYLE Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached. RAMAKRISHNA My father was Catholic, my mother was Protestant, and because of that I got Christened in both churc... MICKEY SPILLANE The thing that really impresses me the most is that this market's broadening out. You have not only ... RALPH ACAMPORA Out of my discomforts, which were small enough, grew one thing for which I have all my life been gra... ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS This is not a goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you. Thank you for coming into my life and giving... NICHOLAS SPARKS The pagans do not know God, and love only the earth. The Jews know the true God, and love only the ... BLAISE PASCAL You Have Seen the Cure for Cancer Many Times, Even Right Now! So the Problem is Not Finding a Cure, ... THEHEALTHFOODGURU Edible names are what drives me as a musician. My next band will be called the Hot Dogs. CHAD SMITH Lying is wrong. When you tell a lie for the sake of sparing someone's feelings it is not suddenly ri... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH It is my dream to play for Team India and along with some great names. ABID NABI No," said the cat. "Now, you people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know w... NEIL GAIMAN No,” said the cat. “Now, you people have names. That’s because you don’t know who you are. W... NEIL GAIMAN When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names ... BRIAN W. ALDISS When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names ... BRIAN ALDISS When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names ... BRIAN W. ALDISS I don’t think it should be socially acceptable for people to say they are “bad with names.” No... MINDY KALING God's love doesn't leave out Jews or Muslims or anyone. DYAN CANNON Eat for lunch, but let something for dinner. ERBLIN VUKAJ If you are among the good fellows chances are that you will be among the blemishes for the wicked ar... APURVA GAGLANI It's hard when you have things but lose them, it's even harder when you feel that you're being left ... GARY F EVANS... Starting today, must forget what gone yesterday,appreciate what remains today & look forward what ca... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA call it chicken salad SARAH DESSEN Society. The same society, I might add, that dictates that little girls should always be sugar and s... SARAH DESSEN My grandparents never understood why my mother Noreen chose such exotic names for her children: Damo... NATASCHA MCELHONE (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You people have names. That's because you don't know who you are. We know who we are, so we don't ne... NEIL GAIMAN I don't need an ipod filled with romantic songs, hearing your voice is the most valuable thing that ... CRISTINA OJEDA I have need of angels. Enough hell has swallowed me for too many years. But finally understand this-... ANTONIN ARTAUD I guess it could be worse. My name could be Tlaquepaque, or Irkutsk, or Pyongyang. Or, you know, Pit... TAMARA SUMMERS 'The Names' is planned as a nine-part series. I have a kind of road map: I know the final sc... PETER MILLIGAN
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DIANA GABALDON What . . . fellow?” The wind was cool, but I could see sweat trickling down the back of Jamie’s ... DIANA GABALDON The position of sun and moon on the Feast of Beltane" is one, with a list if two hundred paired figu... DIANA GABALDON For my sake,” he said firmly, addressing the air in front of him as though it were a tribunal, “... DIANA GABALDON If I were marooned here till it suited my overbearing, domineering, pig-headed jackass of a husband ... DIANA GABALDON And what's wrong wi' the way ye smell?' he said heatedly. 'At least ye smelt like a woman, not a dam... DIANA GABALDON One dictum I had learned on the battlefields of France in a far distant war: You cannot save the wor... DIANA GABALDON Some enterprising rabbit had dug its way under the stakes of my garden again. One voracious rabbit c... DIANA GABALDON I know what it felt . . . like when I . . . thought you were dead, and-" A small gasp for breath, an... DIANA GABALDON (...) When I asked my Da how ye knew which was the right woman, he told me when the time came, I'd h... DIANA GABALDON Really love him, I mean," Geilie persisted. "Not just to bed him; I know you want that, and he does ... DIANA GABALDON My own eyes went to Jamie, who had come to join Fergus and Ian by the sideboard. Still here, thank G... DIANA GABALDON Take off your shirt," I said, sitting up and pulling at the hem of the garment. "Why?" he... DIANA GABALDON Jaime, you must be half-dead" He laughed tiredly, holding me close with one large warm ha... DIANA GABALDON ...well, if women's work was never done, why trouble about how much of it wasn't being accomplished ... DIANA GABALDON For so many years, for so long, I have been so many things, so many different men. But here," he sai... DIANA GABALDON Aye, well, he'll be wed a long time," he said callously. "Do him no harm to keep his breeches on for... DIANA GABALDON Grey sat in his bedchamber, unshaven and attired in his nightshirt, banyan, and slippers, drinking t... DIANA GABALDON I stagger out of bed, take the dogs outside, and then I'll get a Diet Coke and a couple of dog b... DIANA GABALDON When you're reading, you're not where you are; you're in the book. By the same token, I ... DIANA GABALDON I regarded him gently over my own bowl of stew. He was very large, solid, and beautifully formed. An... DIANA GABALDON When the day shall come that we do part," he said softly, and turned to look at me, "if my last word... DIANA GABALDON Scots have long memories, and they're not the most forgiving of people. DIANA GABALDON I am a sassenach, after all,” I said, seeing it. He touched my face briefly with a rueful smile. �... DIANA GABALDON Hodie mihi cras tibi, said the inscription. Sic transit gloria mundi. My turn today, yours tomorrow.... DIANA GABALDON I fought back the memory of our wedding night. He was a virgin; his hands trembled when he touched m... DIANA GABALDON Reading is of course dry work, and further refreshment was called for and consumed. DIANA GABALDON A general cry of "What book? What book? Let us see this famous book! DIANA GABALDON Lord, he’d said. Let me be enough. That prayer had lodged in my heart like an arrow when I’d hea... DIANA GABALDON Let me be enough, DIANA GABALDON When a man dies, it’s only him,” he said. “And one is much like another. Aye, a family needs a... DIANA GABALDON Come to bed, a nighean. Nothing hurts when ye love me.” He was right; nothing did. DIANA GABALDON Perhaps it was only that the sense of reaching out to something larger than yourself gives you some ... DIANA GABALDON Where d'ye think he is now?" Jenny said suddenly. "Ian, I mean." He glanced at the house, then ... DIANA GABALDON That dog is a wolf, is he not?' 'Aye, well, mostly.' A small flash of hazel to... DIANA GABALDON When God closes a door, he opens a window. Yeah. The problem was that this particular window opened ... DIANA GABALDON For a long time," he said at last, "when I was small, I pretended to myself that I was the bastard o... DIANA GABALDON A man’s life had to have more purpose than only to feed himself each day. DIANA GABALDON Oh, foisted, is it?" cried Mr. Ormiston in righteous indignation. "Such a word! And if it means what... DIANA GABALDON When a man dies, it’s only him,” he said. “And one is much like another. Aye, a family needs a... DIANA GABALDON I feel maybe like you did,” he whispered to her, too low to wake her. “When ye came through the ... DIANA GABALDON Does your knee still hurt, Sassenach?” he asked, seeing me rub it. It hadn’t ever quite recovere... DIANA GABALDON This is the thin time, when the beloved dead draw near. The world turns inward, and the chilling air... DIANA GABALDON You do mean it, then,” I said. “You feel … er … betrothed to her?” “Well, of course ... DIANA GABALDON And in the end, it does not matter. I am what God has made me, and must deal with the Times in which... DIANA GABALDON Men are made in God's image, or so I am told. Likewise that we differ from the animals in having rea... DIANA GABALDON Do ye not understand?"he said, in near desparation. "I would lay the world at your feet, Claire-and ... DIANA GABALDON Family is the most important thing in the world. PRINCESS DIANA It's the first time I have returned to my roots - like going back to be a trio. The fans really ... DIANA ROSS The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it. DIANA VREELAND I'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out. DIANA KRALL Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal. DIANA VREELAND I don't even know how to use a parking meter, let alone a phone box. PRINCESS DIANA What must it be like for a little boy to read that daddy never loved mummy? PRINCESS DIANA