I think the world is like a great mirror, and reflects our lives just as we ourselves look upon it.

A person is either the effect of his environment or is able to have an effect upon his environment.

Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed.

But God, who is the Eternal Mind, is undoubtedly of excellence, complete and perfect in every part.

I will believe that what God has placed inside me is superior to the mountains that stand in my way

No bra,” he said against her mouth. “Thank you. I hate those things. Dumbest human invention. Ever.

Daniel Grigori!" Arriane hooted through her hands. "No!" Daniel hooted back without missing a beat.

That's the thing about best friends. That's what they do. They keep you from spinning off the edge.

My parents were pretty liberal, but they were still parents. I definitely had my teenage rebellion.

I hate skin; I hate bones and bodies. I want to curl up inside of him and be carried there forever.

Until we can sense a sacred quality in time we will not begin to have a fuller understanding of it.

I feel like a 1960s graduate student. I still work on note cards. I've never found a better system.

I don't dispute Scientology can help people; I think that is a very important fact to keep in mind.

The ideal 'New Yorker' profile is a person, an interesting person, at a critical point in his life.

People often ask me if my parents helped me. My mother did lend me $10 to register the domain name.

I do not wear a lot of makeup. On social media, this seems to work both in my favor and against me.

Live nutty. Just occasionally. Just once in a while. And see what happens. It brightens up the day.

How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don't even have the strength to turn off your TV?

The world has lost the power to blush over its vice; the Church has lost her power to weep over it.

Finney preached and sometimes the whole congregation would get up and leave! that's good preaching.

There is a deeper life. It is as deep as a personal Gethsemane and as costly as a personal Calvary.

By our attitude to prayer we tell God that what was begun in the Spirit we can finish in the flesh.

Get rid of this bunkum about the 'carnal Christian'. Forget it! If you're carnal, you're not saved.

The best title of the [professing] church of God today, in my judgment, is 'Unbelieving Believers.'

Until the church is holy there'll be no rapture - I don't care what theory of the rapture you have.

Some Day Someone is going to pick up this book (The Bible) and believe it, and put us all to shame.

You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.

There is no safer place for your hopes and dreams than in the loving hands of your faithful Father.

Obediance, when it flows out of genuine love for Jesus Christ, is never wasted and never regretted.

It was stealing her breath, imbecile. Go get a towel." -Christophe, Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow

Mama seemed to do only what my father wanted, and yet we lived the way my mother wanted us to live.

No matter how well a person writes, a successful book is a team effort involving many, many people.

There are three very good reasons to travel: 1. See the world. 2. Meet new people. 3. Room service.

Fool witch once, shame on you. Fool witch twice, oozing sores and an eternal rash in private areas.

Believe me, when my ‘personal endowments’ are being discussed, I always pay attention.” ~ Cam Rohan

I'd sell my soul to have you. In my whole life, you'll always be what I wanted most." ~ Hardy Cates

Denial: my family heritage. If you don't ask the questions, the truth will never inconvenience you.

Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers.

A crown is more discomfort than adornment. If you have learned that, you have already learned much.

The instinct to survive will never change, neither will the human body's amazing ability to endure.

The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions: could have, might have, and should have.

I create easily and effortlessly when I let my thoughts come from the loving space of my own heart.

Everything I need to know is revealed to me. Everything I need comes to me. All is well in my life.

Jassie, guess what I'm dancing in!' 'I don't know, a bowl?' 'Non... I am dancing in my Nuddy-pants!

New York... Babylon-on-the-Hudson, sinful, extravagant, full of the nervous hilarity of the doomed.

there's no use trying to live in other people's opinions. The only thing to do is live in your own.

As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted.

You noticed that I wore this outfit twice? Why, the only thing you wear twice is a sour expression.

Never be silent with persons you love and distrust," Mr. Carpenter had said once. "Silence betrays.

Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding on to one long enough to get it written down.

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