#forsaken

If you live for any joy on earth, you may be forsaken; but, oh, live for Jesus, and he will never forsake you! ↗

— Matthew Simpson

#earth #forsake #forsaken #jesus #joy

By the time I entered high school, I had forsaken academics altogether in favor of my burgeoning acting career. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#acting #altogether #burgeoning #by the time #career

They say that shadows of deceased ghosts Do haunt the houses and the graves about, Of such whose life's lamp went untimely out, Delighting still in their forsaken hosts. ↗

— Joshua Sylvester

#deceased #delighting #forsaken #ghosts #graves

It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda. ↗

— Harry Browne

#casualty #during #first #forsaken #known

All things on earth point home in old October; sailors to sea, travellers to walls and fences, hunters to field and hollow and the long voice of the hounds, the lover to the love he has forsaken. ↗

— Thomas Wolfe

#earth #fences #field #forsaken #hollow

And again, the dark street. The dark, dark street. The women out shopping for the evening meal of course, and baby carriage and the silver bicycle were already painted out by the darkness; most of the commuters too were already in place in their filing-drawer houses. A half-forsaken chasm of time .... ↗

— Kōbō Abe

#darkness #forsaken #life #life

I’ll stab him,” offers Jaden as she makes a stabbing motion. “You expect me to play along?” Rob scoffs, gripping his arm protectively. “Pretty much,” replies Landon earnestly. “You’re serious?” “As a heart attack.” “No,” argues Rob. “I’m not going to let Jaden—or anyone else—skewer me.” He’s greeted with an amused silence. “Bleedin’ crime is what it is,” he mutters. “Why can’t someone else go all noble sacrifice-y? It’s because I’m English, ain’t it? ↗

— Laura Kreitzer

#humor #laura-kreitzer #scifi #summer-chronicles #scifi

I can promise you that women working together - linked, informed and educated - can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#bring #educated #forsaken #i #i can

Hey bands, you're all welcome to fly me to some exotic location and I'll record you there, Y'know that right? You don't have to come to this God forsaken place. Hope I can visit you all in Australia one of these days that would be hot! We'll talk again soon. ↗

— Jim Diamond

#australia #bands #come #days #exotic

When the nurse leaves, Doctor Rose mouths, “Act like you’re in pain.” Then she mimics a painful expression in case Summer doesn’t understand. On the contrary, Summer’s an expert at interpreting body language and reading lips. It’s all thanks to her observant nature while enslaved on the Cosmos. Who else could tell that Peter’s discomfort is due to him wearing the same pair of underwear for a week straight? Ah, yes, she always knew when day six and seven approached. She watched the crew member with much amusement as he waddled, pulled wedgies, and scratched his bum relentlessly. Not that anyone else cared to know that little nugget of information. ↗

— Laura Kreitzer

#forsaken-harbor #humor #laura-kreitzer #phantom-universe #science-fiction