"For all its rooted loveliness, the world has no continuing city here; it is an outlandish place, a foreign home, a session in via to a better version of itself-and it is our glory to see it so and to thirst until Jerusalem comes home at last. We were given appetites, not to consume the world and forget it, but to taste its goodness and hunger to make it great."

-- Robert Farrar Capon

#Home Quotes #Cities Quotes #World Quotes

“I believe because I am told to believe ... My faith is faith; it is not evolved out of argumentation, nor does it seek the aid of that.”
“There are many things we can live without but a sense of humor is not one of them!”
“It's fantastic to be known as a company that responds quickly to users, shares great resources and friendly banter with them over Twitter, and forges relationships on Pinterest, Facebook, and every other social media site out there.”
“Politics is about who wins and loses. The rest is of marginal interest.”
“I was disappointed in Coop. He hated being bored and so did I. He was always looking for different things to do and coming up with new adventures that kept us moving. That was his job. Trolling for girls at the beach was okay by me, but I didn't want it to be our sole focus. Besides, the girls I liked had more interesting things to do than spend every waking moment sitting around at the beach comparing tans.”
“Did I become court composer through masterful procrastination? Hardly!”
“You choose happiness. You don't wait for it to choose you.”
“The recollection of an injury is . . . a rusty arrow and poison for the soul.”

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