F.E. Higgins famous quotes

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With a book in your hand...you can go anywhere you want
-- F.E. Higgins

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Why must it be in human nature to hear one thing but to believe in another?" "Because we want things to get better," I said. "Otherwise we would all give up.
-- F.E. Higgins

#Giving Up #Believe #Get Better
What is life if not a gamble?
-- F.E. Higgins

#What Is Life
suffering sweetens the reward
-- F.E. Higgins

#Suffering #Rewards
Do you believe in luck, Ludlow?" I had thought about this more than once in my life. "I believe some poeple are luckier than others."..."Which do you believe in, luck or Destiny?" Joe considered a moment befoe replying, "We make our own luck, Ludlow, by our actions and our state of mind. As such you control your own fate. Oney one thing is certain: None of us can escape the grave.
-- F.E. Higgins

#Believe #Fate #Destiny
How it saddens me to see how quickly men turn against each other.
-- F.E. Higgins

#Men #Turns

Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.
The selection of a book-plate is such a serious matter.
It comes back to the old question: How can the Bible be so wise in some places and so barbaric in others? And why should we put any faith in a book that includes such brutality?
I always thought the name of Utahâ€™s major newspaper was some sort of weird misspelling of the word â€œdesert.â€ But no, Deseret is the â€œland of the honeybee,â€ according to the Book of Mormon. I guess I should have figured they would have caught a typo in the masthead after 154 years.
My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads.
I would rather play with forked lightning, or take in my hand living wires with their fiery current, than to speak a reckless word against any servant of Christ, or idly repeat the slanderous darts which thousands of Christians are hurling on others, to the hurt of their own souls and bodies.
I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.
OK, the rule is, you can [make love to] an elephant if you want to, but if you do you can't cover the circus.
You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday.
Luke, I don't want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally embarassing way to die." Mara

F.E. Higgins famous quotes

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