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“The kiss of sun for pardon The song of the birds for mirth One is nearer God's Heart in a garden Than anywhere else on earth.”
Dorothy Gurney“The kiss of sun for pardon The song of the birds for mirth One is nearer God's Heart in a garden Than anywhere else on earth.”
Dorothy Gurney“Rip van Winkle was lazy.”
Robert H. Gurney“One is nearer God's heart in a garden Than anywhere else on earth.”
Dorothy Frances Gurney“Washington is a city of people doing badly what shouldn't be done at all.”
Robert H. Gurney“As an actor he should be an extra in police line-ups.”
Robert H. Gurney“SWAT? For me?" Still trembling, one hand clung to the ambulance gurney, the other held a massive sterilised cotton wool wad under my nose."Tactical Support was busy. You got Dennis and Arlo," said Harry, speed-reading the papers he'd snatched from inside my jacket.Closest his hands had been to my chest in a long time."Which one broke my nose?""That'd be Dennis.”
Morana Blue, Gatsby's Smile“His introduction throws me. The only time I can envision "Hi, I'm a surgeon" as a fitting introduction is if I were on a gurney in a stark white room and a man wielding a scalpel was standing over me. Plus, it's been a while since we've talked careers with anyone. Jobs are rarely a topic of conversation anymore--they exist in a place and time too far away to seem interesting. "What do you do?" is not a question asked to define someone, because out here we're all working the same jobs: yachties, mechanics, navigators, weather-readers, fishermen, adventure travelers, storytellers.”
Torre DeRoche, Love with a Chance of Drowning“Pray devoutly but hammer stoutly.”
Sir William Gurney Benham“He who ceases to pray ceases to prosper.”
Sir William Gurney Benham“What has mood to do with it? You fight when the necessity arises—no matter the mood! Mood's a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset. It's not for fighting.”
Frank Herbert, Dune