"The last loud trumpet's wondrous sound, Shall thro' the rending tombs rebound, And wake the nations under ground."

-- Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

#Lasts Quotes #Sound Quotes #Resurrection Quotes

“But her grandmother had never suggested she could think the same of Scarlet. You'll be fine, she always said, after a skinned knee, after a broken arm, after her first youthfull heartbreak. You'll be fine, because you're strong, like me.”
“Golf is the art of driving hard, avoiding the rough, surmounting traps and hazards, aiming straight, and arriving on the green at last, only to end up in a hole in the ground before your companions. The favored pastime of businessmen and their cronies, probably without a full appreciation of its metaphorical implications.”
“No life of faith can be lived privately. There must be overflow into the lives of others.”

Source : Eugene H. Peterson (1996). “Living the Message: Daily Reflections with Eugene H. Peterson”, Harper San Francisco
“We always plan too much and always think too little.”
“I'd like to have two armies: one for display with lovely guns, tanks, little soldiers, staffs, distinguished and doddering generals, and dear little regimental officers who would be deeply concerned over their general's bowel movements or their colonel's piles, an army that would be shown for a modest fee on every fairground in the country.”
“Wolverine was created in the '60s, but he feels like a '70s character in every way. More Dirty Harry, more politically incorrect, the hair, the mutton chops.”
“The reason I love my dog so much is because when I come home, he's the only one in the world who treats me like I'm the Beatles.”
“Trying to change social, national, or global realities without working on human consciousness means there is no serious intention.”

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