"In the face of so many wounds that hurt us and could lead to a hardness of heart, we are called to dive into the sea of prayer, which is the sea of the boundless love of God, in order to experience his tenderness"

-- Pope Francis

#Hurt Quotes #Prayer Quotes #Heart Quotes

“After spending most of her life scanning the horizon for slights and threats, genuine and imagined, she knew the real threat to her happiness came not from the dot in the distance, but from looking for it. Expecting it. Waiting for it. And in some cases, creating it. Her father had jokingly accused her of living in the wreckage of her future. Until one day she'd looked deep into his eyes and saw he wasn't joking. He was warning her.”

Source : Louise Penny (2014). “The Long Way Home: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel”, p.22, Macmillan
“Do not expect to grow in holiness if you spend little time alone with God and do not take His Word seriously.”
“No one has the right to not assume that the business cycle will turn! Every five years or so, you have got to assume that something bad will happen.”
“The rumble of the life outside was like the sound of the sea which was rising gradually around her.”
“You can stop splitting the atom; you can stop visiting the moon; you can stop using aerosols; you may even decide not to kill entire populations by the use of a few bombs. But you cannot recall a new form of life.”

Source : Erwin Chargaff (1978). “Heraclitean Fire: Sketches from a Life Before Nature”, p.189, Paul & Company Pub Consortium
“You have an idea in your mind of how the first show will be. Since I was 15 years old in front of the mirror saying, "If I was in Priest, this is what I would do." But in truth, I don't remember any of it.”
“While Republican voters have remained universally supportive of their President, Democrats and Independents are returning to a more naturally critical stance.”
“Rejection is nature's way of telling you to write a better book.”

Source : "How To Get Published". nielsenhayden.com. December 6, 2010.

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