"No single living entity really influenced my life as did my father ... He lived as if he were poured from iron, and loved his family with a vulnerability that was touching."

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Source : Mari Evans (2006). “Clarity as Concept: A Poet's Perspective : a Collection of Essays”

Mari Evans

#Father Quotes #Iron Quotes #Touching Quotes

“In the bigger scheme of things the universe is not asking us to do something, the universe is asking us to be something. And that's a whole different thing.”
“Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake - you know, to send the right message to kids.”
“After the trial, I watched as another female pathologist collected maggots from a spinal column found in the desert. There was a decomposed head, too, and before leaving work she planned to simmer it and study the exposed cranium for contusions. I was asked to pass this information along to the chief medical examiner, and, looking back, I perhaps should have chosen my words more carefully. 'Fire up the kettle,' I told him. 'Ol'-fashioned skull boil at five p.m.”
“one of my earliest joys as a parent lay in knowing that at the end of the day I had once again ushered three babies back to their beds, against the odds, unscathed and peaceful. Happiness was a houseful of safe, inert bodies. Actually, it still is.”
“The art of losing isn't hard to master.”
“I don’t want to hurt or injure anyone. I just want to win. I have to win, so I do what I have to do.”
“One song will launch you, but you don't want to be a one-song artist”
“Prayer is crucial in evangelism: Only God can change the heart of someone who is in rebellion against Him. No matter how logical our arguments or how fervent our appeals, our words will accomplish nothing unless God's Spirit prepares the way.”

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