"We start to die when we no longer have the power to choose."

-- Octavian Paler

#Sad Life Quotes

“If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument can preserve my memory.”
“Philip Oakey went to Target this morning to have a wander 'round and a guy ran up to him and said, "I went to see you last night and you were fabulous!" It made Philip's day! Whoever says it to us, we're always happy.”
“And I refused to make any sacrifices; for nothing on earth seemed more valuable than my peace of mind, my pleasure and my acclaim.”
“Here's the thing: You rescue us every day in small, quiet ways, so why not in this way? Let us into your mystery, tell us how you would like to be loved, show us how to see you, really see you.”
“The life of faith is a daily exploration of the constant and countless ways in which Gods grace and love are expereinced”

Source : Eugene H. Peterson (2012). “A Long Obedience in the Same Direction: Discipleship in an Instant Society”, p.45, InterVarsity Press
“Astronomy's much more fun when you're not an astronomer”
“How hard is it, when everything encourages us to sleep, though we may look about us with conscious, clinging eyes, to wake and yet look about us as in a dream, with eyes that no longer know their function and whose gaze is turned inward.”
“It's smart to be friends with one's sex partner but dumb to have sex with one's friends.”

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