"Stand there, damn'd meddling villain, and be silent; For if thou utt'rest but a single word, A cough or hem, to cross me in my speech, I'll send thy cursed spirit from the earth, To bellow with the damn'd!"

-- Joanna Baillie

#Hem Quotes #Earth Quotes #Speech Quotes

“To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.”
“The relationship between the obedience of Gods people and the triumph of Gods cause is not a relationship of cause and effect but one of cross and resurrection.”
“Every article I've read about myself always winds up concluding that I am not, in fact, completely stupid.”
“I've always been full of nervous energy, but I'm not really as happy as I seem.”
“The hope of a Christian is inseparable from his faith. Whoever believes in the divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures must hope that the religion of Jesus shall prevail throughout the earth. Never since the foundation of the world have the prospects of mankind been more encouraging to that hope than they appear to be at the present time. And may the associated distribution of the Bible proceed and prosper till the Lord shall have made 'bare His holy arm in the eyes of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God' (Isaiah 52:10).”

Source : Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford (1881). “The Servant Girl Question”
“I do get funny people sometimes coming up to me in supermarkets in America with my picture in their pocket, which is a bit strange.”

Source : "Sufferin' Saffron". Interview with Steve Applebaum, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2000.
“With a little time, and a little more insight, we begin to see both ourselves and our enemies in humbler profiles. We are not really as innocent as we felt when we were first hurt. And we do not usually have a gigantic monster to forgive; we have a weak, needy, and somewhat stupid human being. When you see your enemy and yourself in the weakness and silliness of the humanity you share, you will make the miracle of forgiving a little easier.”
“What True Blood does really well is that it balances on the line between good and evil - you blur the distinction between the two.”

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