"I don't think of myself as an author. But simply as a grateful child of God. John 3:27 has long been a life verse: "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven." Any more words will only be solely a gift from Him. I can only faithfully wait."

-- Ann Voskamp

#Children Quotes #Grateful Quotes #Men Quotes

“There must always be some pretentiousness about literature, or else no one would take its pains or endure its disappointments.”

Source : Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, Thomas Stearns Eliot, Thomas Wolfe (1945). “The Crack-up”
“People glorify all sorts of bravery except the bravery they might show on behalf of their nearest neighbors.”
“You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.”
“I like to be in pain when I'm getting massaged. That way I know I'm getting my money's worth.”

Source : "The Enthusiasms of Alison Brie". Interview with Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. April 15, 2013.
“Beauty is the enemy . We try to conquer not feeling beautiful all our lives. It's a battle that can't be won. There's no definition of beauty. The only way to achieve beauty is to feel it from inside without breaking down into individual physical attributes”
“Men look to the East for the dawning things, for the light of a raising sun But they look to the West, to the crimson West, for the things that are done, are done.”
“What could be the basis of our having more inherent value than animals? Their lack of reason, or autonomy, or intellect? Only if we are willing to make the same judgment in the case of humans who are similarly deficient.”

Source : Carl Cohen, Tom Regan (2001). “The Animal Rights Debate”, p.216, Rowman & Littlefield
“But I may be one who does not care Ever to have tree bloom or bear.”

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