"Here we supped . . ., having amongst other dainties, a dish of truffles, an earth nut found by an hogg trained to it."

-- John Evelyn

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“Christian, let God's distinguishing love to you be a motive to you to fear Him greatly. He has put His fear in your heart, and may not have given that blessing to your neighbor, perhaps not to your husband, your wife, your child, or your parent. Oh, what an obligation should this thought lay upon your heart to greatly fear the Lord! Remember also that this fear of the Lord is His treasure, a choice jewel, given only to favorites, and to those who are greatly beloved.”
“Being a creation of Man, art re-creates Man.”
“... 'I've been doing everything for an awfully long time, and I've seen and lived as hard as I could, and it's been unbelievable, I tell you, unbelievable. But now I have the feeling everything's gliding away from me, and I don't remember, and I don't care, and yet now is right when I need it!'. [pp. 84-85]”
“No one ever judges their own self.”

Source : "Q&A: James Wolk on the Brilliant Bob Benson". Interview with Mike Ayers, www.esquire.com. June 21, 2013.
“They drove a long way through the snowy woods, till they came to the town of Pepin. Mary and Laura had seen it once before, but it looked different now.”
“I think it's too easy to just say that there is a direct and necessary conflict between black identity and gay identity. I think it's more nuanced than that simply because I think black is a color and then people layer on top of it all kinds of socio-cultural elements.”

Source : "Big Think Interview With John Amaechi". Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 7, 2010.
“There is really no insurmountable barrier save your own inherent weakness of purpose.”
“A child is not a bargaining chip or a learning tool. Your focus, if you adopt a child of a different race, should be on nurturing and protecting your child from bigotry, not deploying him or her as an anti-racist Mr. Fix-It.”

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