"But the same thing was true in the army. You slept in a barracks with all kinds of people of every nationality, every trade, every character and quality you can imagine, and that was a good experience."

-- Shelby Foote

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“Christian contentment is that sweet, inward, quiet, gracious frame of spirit, which freely submits to and delights in God's wise and fatherly disposal in every condition.”

Source : Jeremiah Burroughs (2001). “Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment”, p.2, Sovereign Grace Publishers,
“Iâ€™m not trying to turn you into cowboys, Iâ€™m just trying to get you better coordinated, get your horse used to things, get your horse comfortable. Heck, on the first ride you should be swinging a rope off a horse. You should be doing this not so you can rope a cow, but just to get him (your horse) gentle. You canâ€™t think of everything in life your horse might encounter that might make him afraid so youâ€™d better prepare em for it in other ways.”
“I don't have to write jokes. I don't have to write insults. If you ask the man of the hour in the hot seat, my mere existence is clearly insult enough.”
“Adherence to dogmas has destroyed more armies and cost more battles than anything in war.”
“The lost wallet or purse law: No matter how careful you are, assume that you will lose a few. ... Keep grief to a minimum. It's bad enough your stuff is gone; don't lose your mind too.”
“Ralston didn't care. He turned on his brother as the surgeon knelt next to him and inspected the wound. "She could have been killed!" And what about you?" This time, it was Callie who spoke, her own pent-up energy releasing in anger, and the men turned as one to look at her, surprised that she and found her voice. "What about you and your idiotic pland to somehow restore my honor by playing guns out in the middle of nowhere with OXFORD?" She said the baron's name in disdain. "Like children? Of all the ridiculous, unnecessary, thoughtless, MALE things to do...who even FIGHTS duels anymore?!”
“God would not have made the universe as it is unless He intended us to understand it.”
“Gallowglass returned to Sporrengasse with two vampires and a pretzel.”

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