"In our conversations, he [Michael Jackson] revealed a surprising understanding of art history. We were going through the finer points of the difference between one Italian sculptor to the next. You know, this - these are things that we don't necessarily assume of people in sanctified light."

-- Kehinde Wiley

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“Sanctification is the real change in man from the sordidness of sin to the purity of God's image.”

Source : William Ames (1968). “The marrow of theology”
“Did you know...that when you walk past a flower, whether it be in somebody's garden or on a vacant hillside, the flower will always smile at you. The most polite way to respond, I've been told, is to cheerfully return the smile.”
“One bush, they say, can never hide two thieves.”
“I had the luck of having an obedient body.”
“It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it has of eventually catching someone's attention.”

Source : "The Writing Life: An Interview with Karen Thompson Walker". Hazel & Wren Interview, www.hazelandwren.com. July 24, 2012.
“God has given each of us our "marching order." Our purpose here on Earth is to find those orders and carry them out. Those orders acknowledge our special gifts.”
“We move through the day like two hands of a clock: sometimes we overlap for a moment, then come apart again, carrying on alone. Everyday exactly the same: the tea, the burnt toast, the crumbs, the silence.”
“Stab me if you can enjoy it - but not if it feels like a duty. Stab me vertically if I'm lying down and horizontally if I'm running”

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