"The Bible writers didn't care that they were bunching together sequences some of which were historical, some preposterous, and some downright manipulative. Faithful recording was not their business; faith was."

-- Jeanette Winterson

#Bible Quotes #Faith Quotes #Historical Quotes

“Everyone has a story if you just listen and shut up.”
“Perhaps today there is a greater kindness of tone, as there is greater ingenuity of expression to make up for the fact that all the real, solid, elemental jests against doctors were uttered some one or two thousand years ago.”
“No day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses.”
“I don't think Wisconsin should become known as a state where we shoot cats.”

Source : "Wisconsin Gov. Dampens Cat Hunting Hopes". www.foxnews.com. April 13, 2005.
“Honest hope has an edge. It's messy. It requires that we let go of all pat answers, all preconceived formulas, all confidence that our sailing will be smooth. It's not a resting point. Honest hope is movement.”
“Then I came in twice a week - for my own enjoyment as well as to be a guide. And then we started to apply some of the splinters of the ideas back into the piece.”
“You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.”

Source : Matthew Quick (2010). “The Silver Linings Playbook”, p.31, Pan Macmillan
“Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the roads which lie ahead, and those over which we have traveled, and if the future road looms ominous or unpromising, and the roads back uninviting, then we need to gather our resolve and, carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction. If the new choice is also unpalatable, without embarrassment, we must be ready to change that as well.”

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