37 Quotes by Andrew M. Greeley

He returned her love. He lusted after her sweet young body. He wanted her the way he wanted to breathe the spring air. He had never loved anyone before. He had not known even what this feeling for his tiny slave was. Now in the crisp, clear spring sunlight, he knew.

So you would kill Old Ireland?” Anna Livia said. “You would kill yourself, for without Old Ireland, you wouldn’t be.

God draws straight with crooked lines.

We’re given second chances every day of our life. We don’t usually take them, but they’re there for the taking.

It is possible to begin again. It is hard, and we never do it perfectly, but it can be done.

It should be no surprise that when rich men take control of the government, they pass laws that are favorable to themselves. The surprise is that those who are not rich vote for such people, even though they should know from bitter experience that the rich will continue to rip off the rest of us.

We are born with two incurable diseases, life, from which we die, and hope, which says maybe death isn’t the end.

Angels represent God’s personal care for each one of us.

The seminaries must face the fact that they are not turning out well-trained professional clergy. They must realize that preaching is creative work and that some element of creativity should be required as a condition for ordination.