“They are afraid of nothing," I grumbled, watching their approach through the window. "Together they would brave Satan and all his legions.”
Mr. Lockwood (Ch. XXXIV).
Wuthering Heights (1847)
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Bill Hicks (1961–1994) American comedian
Rant in E-Minor (1997)
Brigit of Kildare (451–525) Irish abbess and saint
Prayer traditionally attributed to St. Brigit, as quoted in Prayers of the Saints: An Inspired Collection of Holy Wisdom (1996), by Woodeene Koenig-Bricker, p. 77
Context: I would like the angels of Heaven to be among us.
I would like an abundance of peace.
I would like full vessels of charity.
I would like rich treasures of mercy.
I would like cheerfulness to preside over all.
I would like Jesus to be present.
I would like the three Marys of illustrious renown to be with us.
I would like the friends of Heaven to be gathered around us from all parts.
I would like myself to be a rent payer to the Lord; that I should suffer distress, that he would bestow a good blessing upon me.
I would like a great lake of beer for the King of Kings.
I would like to be watching Heaven's family drinking it through all eternity.
Ernest Hemingway book A Moveable Feast
Variant: Where we would be together and have our books and at night be warm in bed together with the windows open and the stars bright. That was where we could go.
Source: A Moveable Feast
Billy Wilder (1906–2002) American filmmaker
As quoted in The Bright Side of Billy Wilder, Primarily (1970) by Tom Wood, p. 20
Charles Portis book True Grit
Source: True Grit (1968), Chapter 2, p. 20 : thoughts of 'Mattie Ross'