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One possible reason that I don't believe in fate is that I wasn't fated to.
Nothing we do can change the past, but everything we do changes the future.
History may never have all the facts, but history always has the last word.
If I had more skill in what I'm attempting, I wouldn't need so much courage
Life is not a problem - Life is the closest God has yet come to a solution.
All I ask of Life is a constant and exaggerated sense of my own importance.
What we most regret are not the errors we make, but the things we didnt do.
Few are aware that they want any thing, except pounds schillings and pence.
The best advice is not to write what you know, it's to write what you like.
A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
Love is the magician of the universe. It creates everything out of nothing.
Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.
Exercise, to qualify at all, must be lonely, painfu, humorless, and boring.
I'm glad God has all the answers, 'cause I barely understand the questions.
The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
Patch’s eyes were black orbs. Taking in everything and giving away nothing.
My first job entailed spending a summer working in a cornfield in Nebraska.
A good teacher is someone who can help you to get back to a teacher within.
... wore sorrow and anger like a worn-out coat and would not throw it away.
History is not the linear sort of movement toward better and better things.
A man does not see where he treads in battle, for he is watching the enemy.
Gammy used to say, 'Too much scrubbing takes the life right out of things.'
When values are deeply embedded within an organization, they seldom change.
You may well have to simplify to live the life God is inviting you to live.
Faith doesn't deny a problems existence. It denies it a place of influence.
Jesus did not command us to pray for the sick.He commanded us to heal them.
It is unnatural for a Christian not to have an appetite for the impossible.
Anyone who knows who God made them to be will never try to be someone else.
A tyrant does not remain in the world; But the curse on him abides forever!
Sorrows when shared are less burdensome, though joys divided are increased.
I often think about the class differences involved in "jobs" vs. "careers."
Calvin: Life's a lot more fun when you aren't responsible for your actions.
Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other.
Hobbes: Do you think there's a God? Calvin: Well, somebody's out to get me!
Hey Susie Derkins, is that your face, or is a 'possum stuck in your collar?
What I try to do in writing any character is to put myself in his position.
The most beautiful scenery in the world is when our friends come into view.
If a door is shut, go up and wiggle it a little - don't assume it's locked.
Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do.
However common irreverence and profanity become, they are nonetheless wrong
Some people are desperate because they don't know how to ask for His grace.
At the end of our lives we all ask, 'Did I live? Did I love? Did I matter?'
Believing that you're enough is what gives you the courage to be authentic.
A saint is not someone who is good but who experiences the goodness of God.
Your voices break and falter in the darkness, Break, falter, and are still.