"The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles."

-- Harrison Birtwistle

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“Unfortunately, the more complex the system, the greater the room for error.”
“Whether [new Protestant church movements] place their emphasis on new worship styles, expressions of the Holy Spiritâ€™s power, evangelism to seekers, or Bible teaching, these so-called new movements still operate out of the fallacious assumption that the church belongs firmly in the town square, that is, at the heart of Western culture. And if they begin with this mistaken belief about their position in Western society, all their church planting, all their reproduction will simply mirror this misapprehension.”
“Listen with ears of tolerance! See through the eyes of compassion! Speak with the language of love”
“You can only really open yourself up so far to someone that you don't truly love you keep something back when you know somewhere in your gut that this relationship is going to be forever.”
“Some had the custom of receiving the Eucharist daily, some twice a week, some on the Lord's day, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, some only on the Lord's Day.”
“Sleep is just a good idea. I bow to the god caffeine.”

Source : Jo-Ann Mapson (2010). “Solomon's Oak”, p.230, Bloomsbury Publishing
“I am a nationalist, and a Pan-Africanist, first and foremost. I was well grounded in history before ever taking a history course. I did not spend much formal time in school - I had to work.”
“I trudged around on the muddy river bottom for half an hour, patiently waiting to drown, before giving up and slogging my way back to shore.”

Source : MaryJanice Davidson (2004). “Undead and Unwed: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.24, Penguin

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