"My love for traveling to islands amounts to a pathological condition known as nesomania, an obsession with islands. This craze seems reasonable to me, because islands are small self-contained worlds that can help us understand larger ones."

-- Paul Theroux

#Self Quotes #Islands Quotes #World Quotes

“Faith is a day-to-day lifestyle and experience of Jesus Christ. That's what we are experiencing at Shalom, when we plant in faith - even in the dust - and trust in him for the miracles of his love.”

Source : Angus Buchan (2011). “Faith Like Potatoes: The story of a farmer who risked everything for God”, p.95, Monarch Books
“When we hear jokes against women, and we are asked why we don't laugh at them, the answer is easy, simple, and short. Of course we're not laughing . . . . Nobody laughs at the sight of their own blood.”
“Young children from Guatemala who are adopted into the United States gain considerable height relative to the standards. So the height difference cannot be genetic.”
“I feel uncomfortable because I'm insecure about who I am.”
“Am I the woman I think I am, the woman I want to be? More importantly, am I the woman the Savior needs me to be?”
“The high-heeled shoe is a marvellously contradictory item; it brings a woman to a man's height but makes sure she cannot keep up with him.”
“I assume everything I'm saying in an email or saying on the telephone is being looked at.”
“Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms.”

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