"We donâ€™t have to convince an unwilling God to come and refresh us with His presence. Heâ€™s for it. But, He cannot be manipulated. But when sincere hearts who know they cannot do His work nor His will without Him, humbly pray, He will answer."

-- J. Edwin Orr

#Heart Quotes #Answers Quotes #Praying Quotes

“I don't avoid anyone but I always think some people hate me.”

Source : "Acting out" by Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. July 29, 2007.
“Actually, Keke is my nickname. When I was little, my sister was about four years old, and she had an imaginary friend named Keke. And she wanted my name to be Keke.”
“Youâ€™d be surprised at the things that look great on the outside but are dysfunctional on the inside. Be sure to function as good as you look”
“We have a tremendous investment in facilities for (internal combustion engines, transmissions, and axles) and I can't see throwing them away just because the electric car doesn't emit fumes.”
“I just write what I want to read, and sometimes keeping it interesting means adding one more element that ends up adding another year to the work.”
“I take the most wrenchingly painful moments of my life, brush them off and present them for the amusement of others. Luckily for me, my childhood was torture.”
“All the honors of men in a state of sleep are as nothing.”
“That is what they call being reconciled to die. They call it reconciled when pain has strummed a symphony of suffering back and forth across you, up and down, round and round you until each little fibre is worn tissue-thin with aching. And when you are lying beaten, and buffeted, battered and broken - pain goes out, joins hands with Death and comes back to dance, dance, dance, stamp, stamp, stamp down on you until you give up.”

Source : Marita Bonner (1987). “Frye Street & environs: the collected works of Marita Bonner”, Beacon Press (MA)

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