"We all pretend for a while or for a lifetime. But pretending is not living...I believe that God meant for life to take our breath away, sometimes because of the sheer joy of it all and sometimes because of the severe pain. To choose living over pretending means that we will know both."

-- Angela Thomas

#Pain Quotes #Believe Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Genuine dialogue, not rhetorical bomb-throwing, leads to progress.”

Source : "Same-sex marriage debate: A model for other issues" by Mark Udall, www.politico.com.
“As for my family, my father was Danel; he died as a mercenary in the southern wars," Han went on. "My mother's name was Sarah, called Sali, and my sister was Mari. They died last summer. But then, you already knew that. Every time you forget, I'll remind you. That's the blood sacrifice I made to be here, and that's enough.”
“I think we've all worked with that person at the office who takes themselves and their job so seriously.”

Source : "Angela Kinsey Has The Office's Uptight Accountant's Number". Interview with Sabrina Rojas Weiss, www.tvguide.com. October 19, 2006.
“Where else is fatness at a premium? The answer is clear. There are two classes of mammals which are liable to accumulate large quantities of adipose tissue - hibernating mammals and aquatic mammals.”

Source : Elaine Morgan (2011). “The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis”, p.69, Souvenir Press
“In religion, you obey because God is useful. In Christianity, you obey because God is beautiful.”
“I don't think you can be a designer if you don't care.”
“The Christian's life should be one of thankfulness to God.”
“Euclid alone Has looked on Beauty bare. Fortunate they Who, though once only and then but far away, Have heard her massive sandal set on stone.”

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