"Our ability to look back on the past, our need or desire to make sense of it, is both a blessing and a curse; and our inability to see into the future with any degree of accuracy is, simultaneously, the thing that saves us and the thing that condemns us."

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Source : James Robertson (2010). “And the Land Lay Still”, p.23, Penguin UK

James Robertson

#Blessing Quotes #Past Quotes #Desire Quotes

“Christianity does not begin with our pursuit of Christ, but with Christâ€™s pursuit of us.”
“I have a daughter and she's the greatest thing that ever happened to me. She gives me a good excuse to watch cartoons.”
“Everybody has a personal decision to make but hopefully my actions speak louder than words.”
“What I find interesting and heartening, though, is that there does seem to be a shift in the subject matter being written about by women that is doing well in the culture. We're seeing more women writing dystopian fiction, more women writing novels set post-apocalyptic settings, subjects and themes that used to be dominated by men.”

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“My ambitions have ambitions.”
“So I quit my job and went to the New England Culinary Institute for the full two years and worked in the restaurant industry after that until finally I thought I had a grasp on what I needed to do what I do.”
“We're losing ground. This planet is losing ground. So things need to happen and they need to happen quick. Our message should be-loud and clear-there comes a time when the home needs protecting and the line needs drawing and anybody that dares cross it acts at their own peril.”
“It is already a great thing if the main ideas and general outline of a work come without any racking of brains, as the result of that supernatural and inexplicable force we call inspiration.”

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