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Two persons who love each other are in a place more holy than the interior of a church.
There is a strange reluctance on the part of most people to admit that they enjoy life.
Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It is about letting go of another person's throat.
It is remarkable how a seemingly insignificant action or event can change entire lives.
It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
I'm arrogant, but not so much that I'd irresponsibly save someone just to brag about it
Describing one competitive advantage of IBM's Deep Blue chess computer. It has no fear.
An error is more useful than truth: truth is a thought suffering from arteriosclerosis.
Revolution is everywhere, in everything. There is no final revolution, no final number.
Being human means having power; specifically, the power to accomplish whatever we want.
Everyone dies without understanding anything. Thats the way the world works, after all.
Remember, if God doesn't give you what you want, that's because it's not what you need.
Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let go.
When we do more than we are paid to do, eventually we will be paid more for what we do.
When you're grieving that's not the time to be brave or strong, you need to let it show
Until you are happy with who you are, you will never be happy because of what you have.
Imagination is a great thing in long dull hours, but it's a real curse in a dark alley.
Be sure to put the knocker fairly low on your door in case a very small friend drops by.
Because life is complicated and difficult. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't truly lived.
Good writing is difficult no matter what the reader's age-and children deserve the best.
In absolute terms, we may have to look at restricting the number of flights people take.
I don't want the world to define God for me. I want the Holy Spirit to reveal God to me.
God rescues us by breaking us, by shattering our strength and wiping out our resistance.
God does not love us because we are hard or easy to love, He loves us because He is God.
There is no limit to what God can do through us if we are a yielded and purified people.
We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum.
The more highly we think of ourselves-our abilities and talents-the less God can use us.
We Christians must simplify our lives or lose untold treasures on earth and in eternity.
I write what I call 'novels of consolation' for people who are bright and sophisticated.
When God wants to do an impossible task, he takes an impossible man, and he crushes him.
I prioritise story over science, but not at the expense of being really stupid about it.
What the world requires of the Christians is that they should continue to be Christians.
Even when one sits in the prisoner's dock, it is interesting to hear talk about oneself.
One must place one's principles in big things. For the small, graciousness will suffice.
In order to be created, a work of art must first make use of the dark forces of the soul
That's the way man is, cher monsieur. He has two faces: he can't love without self-love.
How many crimes are permitted simply because their authors could not endure being wrong.
Change holds danger, but also the potential for something new ~ and better ~ to be born.
I think that object orientedness is almost as much of a hoax as artificial intelligence.
Still the hottest angel I know," he murmured. "It's beyond me how you're still on staff.
Grades dilute the pleasure that a student experiences on successfully completing a task.
If you can have everything at fifty that you wanted when you were fifteen, you're happy.
Much contemporary verse reads like failed short-short stories rather than failed poetry.
I've found, in my own writing, that a little hatred, keenly directed, is a useful thing.
If I'm killed - if I'm removed - there is nowhere else for me to go but to my ancestors.
Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly.
...maybe it's only fitting that relationship that started with a lie would end with one.
Good-bye Dr. Steve,' I said, then climbed the stairs and went to the fifth floor to die.
Of course, the downside of attending a fictional school is that our lacrosse team sucks.
It's a sad moment, really, when parents first become a bit frightened of their children.