"Conversion by the Holy Spirit is a spiritual illumination of the soul. God's grace lights up the dark heart. And when a man has once been kindled at the cross of Christ, he is bound to shine."

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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 163), 1895.

Theodore L. Cuyler

#Spiritual Quotes #Heart Quotes #Dark Quotes

“Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous.”
“I'm conflicted. On one hand, I don't want to say that because you were a man and now you're a woman, you can't be in a women's fashion show. But I feel it's a dicey issue. The fact of the matter is, when you are transgender - if you go, say, male to female - you're not having your pelvis broken and having it expanded surgically. You still have the anatomical bone structure of a man.”
“Go back and take a look at what some black writers were saying in the 1820s, the 1830s. They make mention of how some white people would tell their children, if you don't behave, we're going to put you in the n - - seat. If you don't behave, we are going to make you sit with the n - - s. That's why we know that, by then, the word had become a slur.”

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“I am mad - but I choose this madness.”
“If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist.”
“There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader.”
“As each tree falls so does the earth's ability to heal itself and to adapt to the effects of our changing climate”
“Do you not weep? Other sins only speak; murder shrieks out. The element of water moistens the earth, But blood flies upwards and bedews the heavens.”

Source : John Webster, John Russell Brown (1997). “The Duchess of Malfi: John Webster”, p.8, Manchester University Press

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