#wicked

Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked. ↗

— Saint Augustine

#dispenses #even #gift #god #good

Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country? ↗

— Sitting Bull

#because #born #country #die #father

On sand, you can never be sure of anything. An ordinary shot can take a wicked deflection at the last moment. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#last #moment #never #ordinary #sand

To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness. ↗

— Confucius

#beginning #listen #see #wicked #wickedness

There are certain wicked people in the world that you can't deal with except by force. ↗

— John Keegan

#deal #except #force #people #wicked

What basically happens is your hormones get out of whack. Because of the stress in your life your body says, 'I need more hormones.' So, your hormones are trying to produce and produce and produce, and it's even more stressful and it is this wicked cycle. ↗

— Marie Osmond

#because #body #cycle #even #get

Why are we learning about the past, when this is History? ↗

— Galinda Glinda

#history #humor #past #random #wicked

For one short wet month early in the next year the drought lifted. Spring tipped in like green well water frothing at the hedges bubbling at the roadside splashing from the cottage roof in garlands of ivy and stringflower ↗

— Gregory Maguire

#life

She stepped closer to one of the statues. It looked wide-eyed, almost afraid as she reached out her hand. One of the women reached out and snatched Aislinn's still uplifted hand. "No." The women spoke all at once, not to her or to Keenan, but softly-as if to themselves-in a sibilant whisper. "He's ours. Fair exchange. Not yours to interfere. ↗

— Melissa Marr

#keenan #melissa-marr #wicked-lovely #love

The best reason for committing loathsome and detestable acts--and let's face it, I am considered something of an expert in this field--is purely for their own sake. Monetary gain is all very well, but it dilutes the taste of wickedness to a lower level that is obtainable by anyone with an overdeveloped sense of avarice. True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good--and we all know how rare that is... ↗

— Jasper Fforde

#detestable #dilutes #evil #expert #good