"For me it is the virgin birth, the Incarnation, the resurrection which are the true laws of the flesh and the physical. Death, decay, destruction are the suspension of these laws. I am always astonished at the emphasis the Church puts on the body. It is not the soul she says that will rise but the body, glorified."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Law Quotes #Soul Quotes #Church Quotes

“Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion.”
“I was brought up among the sort of self-important women who had a husband as one has an alibi.”
“I promised a lot of people I'd slow down when I turned 80.”
“You find God the moment you realize that you don't need to seek God”
“There was a stately drama writ By the hand that peopled the earth and air, And set the stars in the infinite, And made night gorgeous and morning fair; And all that had sense to reason knew That bloody drama must be gone through. Some sat and watched how the action veered-- Waited, profited, trembled, cheered-- We saw not clearly nor understood, But yielding ourselves to the masterhand, Each in his part as best he could, We played it through as the author planned.”

Source : Alan Seeger, “The Hosts”
“I prefer to explore the most intimate moments, the smaller, crystallized details we all hinge our lives on.”
“Traffic is only one of the side effects of growth”
“Life can only be understood backwards.”

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