#scandal

If you say that the history of the Church is a long succession of scandals, you are telling the truth, though if that is all you say, you are distorting the truth. ↗

— Gerald Vann

#distorting #history #long #long succession #say

While art thrives on the blazing colours of scandal, literature blossoms on the dark soil of tragedy. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#artists #arts-and-humanities #books #classics #creativity

For a moment she lay still in the big bed, blinking sleepily, loath to move. And then she realized that the angel’s song hadn’t stopped on her waking. Silence sat up. The tantalizingly beautiful voice was coming from the half-open door to Mickey O’Connor’s room. ↗

— Elizabeth Hoyt

#scandalous-desires #silence #beauty

Am I to die?” I asked, and he stopped, raised our joined hands to his mouth and gently kissed my knuckles. “You are, my love, and in your sleep, you will become Death’s bride. ↗

— Charlotte Featherstone

#isabella-s-imagination #seduction-and-scandal #death

I love scandals about other people, but scandals about myself do not interest me. The have not got the charm of novelty. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#love

We never search for scandal, but we use it if it cries out to excess. ↗

— Peter Utley

#excess #never #out #scandal #search

Nope, no sex scandals yet. But I am open to offers! ↗

— John Cusack

#i #i am #offers #open #scandals

Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns. ↗

— Fred Thompson

#campaign #campaign finance #campaigns #chinese #congressional

Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved. ↗

— Larry Flynt

#any #get #involved #scandal #time

People like scandals. ↗

— Blanka Vlasic

#people #scandals