"Can we really be whoever we want to be, now that weâ€™ve collected all that we are?"

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Source : Jonathan Evison (2012). “West of Here”, p.295, Algonquin Books

Jonathan Evison

“Knowledge both enlarges and multiplies our Desires, and the fewer things a Man wishes for, the more easily his Necessities may be supply'd.”

Source : Bernard de Mandeville (1723). “The Fable of the Bees”, p.154, Jazzybee Verlag
“I'm not young. What's wrong with that?”
“This is new for me. I'm learning how to have a realtionship with someone other than Ashton. I made a horrible mistake. It was like a relapse. But you," I reached up and tucked the tear dampened hair that had worked its way loose behind her ear. "You touch a place inside of me that Ashton never did. I feel things with you I never felt for her. I loved her for a very long time. I can't help the fact I still want to be there if she needs me. Next time there is a choice to make it will be you I choose first. I can promise you that.”
“I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have.”
“A two-pound turkey and a fifty-pound cranberry-that's Thanksgiving dinner at Three Mile Island.”
“Our hearts are continuously rebellious. Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I don't want you God. I like my way better than your way." If this goes on day after day after day, year after year, month after month, it would understandable for God to say, "I've given you ten trillion tries. You're finished." But it's not. So in that sense, His grace is always surprising, never ceases to be amazing and His mercy is remarkably outrageous.”
“A revival may be expected when Christians have a spirit of prayer for a revival. That is, when they pray as if their hearts were set upon it. When Christians have the spirit of prayer for a revival. When they go about groaning out their hearts desire. When they have real travail of soul.”
“Forget luxury; as a great company you have to keep evolving.”

Source : Source: wwd.com

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