Quote from Maya Banks, Hidden Away
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…I doubt very seriously whether anyone will hire me.’What do you mean, babe? You a fine boy with a good education.’Employers sense in me a denial of their values.’ He rolled over onto his back. ‘They fear me. I suspect that they can see that I am forced to function in a century I loathe. This was true even when I worked for the New Orleans Public Library.
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Contemplative prayer is natural, unprogrammed; it is perpetual openness to God, so that in the openness his concerns can flow in and out of our minds as he wills.
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That’s what it feels like when you touch me. Like millions of tiny universes being born and then dying in the space between your finger and my skin. Sometimes I forget.
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Don’t try to visualize the great mass audience. There is no such audience—every reader is a different person.
Quote from William Zinsser, On Writing Well: The Classic Guide To Writing Nonfiction Read More »
you have to be the prude or the slut, and if you pick one, other people hate you for it, and you can’t trust anyone anymore, because they’re all after the same thing, and you see that you can never go back to how was before…
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The happiest people don’t bother about whether life is unfair. They just concentrate on what they have.
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Clearly outline your plans, acknowledge God and he will direct them for you. If you can have it planned, you can achieve it; if you have it planned big, you will achieve it big. Make your choice!
Quote from Israelmore Ayivor, Dream Big!: See Your Bigger Picture! Read More »
The Kingdom of God is a tricky concept, and I was always taught it referred to our heavenly reward for being good, which, now that I actually read the Bible for myself, makes very little sense. Others say that the Kingdom of God is another way of talking about the church, and still others say that it’s the dream God has for the wholeness of the world, a dream being made true little by little among us right here, right now. My answer? All of the above.
Quote from Nadia Bolz-Weber, Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint Read More »