Source: The Dovekeepers
“We are watching the Germans closely; we are not forgetting what they did to us during the war.”
Anastas Mikoyan (1895–1978) Russian revolutionary and Soviet statesman
As quoted in "Soviet Foreign Policy Toward Western Europe" (1978) by George Ginsburgs and Alvin Z. Rubinstein, p. 105
“All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring.”
Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters
Source: Invisible Monsters
Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) Christian apologist, novelist, and Medievalist
Letters of C. S. Lewis (29 April 1959), para. 1, p. 285 — as reported in The Quotable Lewis (1989), p. 469
Terry Tempest Williams (1955) American writer
Source: When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
“Someone watches over us when we write. Mother. Teacher. Shakespeare. God.”
Martin Amis book London Fields
London Fields (1989)
“God will judge us not according to how much we endured, but how much we could love”
Richard Wurmbrand (1909–2001) Romanian Christian minister of Jewish descent
Source: Tortured for Christ N/E
“History, like God, is watching what we do.”
Bono (1960) Irish rock musician, singer of U2
National Prayer Breakfast (2006)
Context: There is a continent — Africa — being consumed by flames.
I truly believe that when the history books are written, our age will be remembered for three things: the war on terror, the digital revolution, and what we did — or did not to — to put the fire out in Africa.
History, like God, is watching what we do.
“He had always loved God. In his darkest hours he cried out, "God did not create us to abandon us.”
Irving Stone book The Agony and the Ecstasy
Source: The Agony and the Ecstasy
