Philip Lombard > Philip's Quotes

“We would never be like other poeple”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, The Naturals

“Either I'm embellishing a story for SHOCKING effect, or I'm the only one telling the truth in a room full of LIARS."
~Philip Lombard--And Then There Were None”
― Agatha Christie

“You stick with me Vera. I have no intention of dying. Death is for other people, not for us.
~Philip Lombard”
― Agatha Christie, And Then There Were None

“My name is Hercule Poirot,” he said quietly, “and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.”
― Agatha Christie, The Mystery of the Blue Train

“In many chapels, reddened by the setting sun, the saints rest silently, waiting for someone to love them." These words, penned by an unknown priest, long dead,were the inspiration for my new series on the lives of saints who have fallen deep into the shadows of obscurity. My hope is that, in reading their heroic stories, you will make the acquaintance of some of God's Forgotten Friends. (From the Preface of "Saint Magnus The Last Viking")”
― Susan Peek, Saint Magnus The Last Viking

“A PRAYER TO SAINT DYMPHNA Good Saint Dymphna, great wonder-worker in every affliction of mind and body, I humbly implore thy powerful intercession with Jesus through Mary, Health of the Sick, in my present need. (Mention it.) Saint Dymphna, martyr of purity, patroness of those who suffer with nervous and mental afflictions, beloved child of Jesus and Mary, pray to Them for me and obtain my request. Saint Dymphna, pray for us. Saint Gerebran, pray for us.”
― Susan Peek, The King's Prey: Saint Dymphna of Ireland

“Shaking, Brioc reached for the hunting knife on his belt. His hand closed around its hilt and he slid it out. Hot tears stung his eyes, and for a second he had to close them, fighting them back. He had no choice. Opening his eyes, he wrapped his free arm around Sam’s neck, then jerked her head back, so hard she yelped. He shoved the knife in and slit her throat.”
― Susan Peek, The King's Prey: Saint Dymphna of Ireland

“In many chapels, reddened by the setting sun, the saints rest silently, waiting for someone to love them. (This quote was the inspiration for my series of books entitled "God's Forgotten Friends: Lives of Little-known Saints" of which my latest release is Saint Magnus The Last Viking. Hope you decide to become friends with him!)”
― An unknown priest long dead

“Start by doing what is necessary, then do what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
― Saint Francis of Assisi

“A big impossible can be divided into many little possibles.”
― Pere Eugenie

“For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.”
― St. Therese of Lisieux

“Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble.”
― William Barclay, The Gospel of Luke - Enlarged Print Edition

“It kills me sometimes, how people die.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“Even death has a heart.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“I am haunted by humans”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“None of us had normal childhoods. If we had we wouldn't be Naturals”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Bad Blood

“The only real immortality is doing something worth remembering.

~Geoffrey”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Killer Instinct

“Maybe, to do what you and I do, we have to have a little bit of the monster in us.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Killer Instinct