"Those who fervently love God are intoxicated by His warmth and live out their addiction like moths drawn to a flame."

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Source : Calvin Miller (2010). “Life Is Mostly Edges: A Memoir”, p.227, Thomas Nelson Inc

Calvin Miller

#Religious Quotes #Flames Quotes #Addiction Quotes

“To be honest with you, I don't have the words to make you feel better, but I do have the arms to give you a hug, ears to listen to whatever you want to talk about, and I have a heart; a heart that's aching to see you smile again.”
“When Boston and Orlando told me they were going to pick me at 21 and 22, I figured I don't need to do a workout for a second -round team. Boston and Orlando never drafted me because they said I was too skinny and no European point guard will make it in the League.”
“Iâ€™ve often wished that I had some suave and socially acceptable hobby that I could fall back on in times like this. You know, play the violin (or was it the viola) like Sherlock Holmes, or maybe twiddle away on the pipe organ like the Disney version of Captain Nemo. But I donâ€™t. Iâ€™m sort of the arcane equivalent of a classic computer geek. I do magic, in one form or another, and thatâ€™s pretty much it. I really need to get a life, one of these days”
“All the gold in the world cannot buy a dying man one more breath--so what does that make today worth?”
“the only truth is face to face, the poem whose words become your mouth and dying in black and white we fight for what we love, not are”

Source : Frank O'Hara (1969). “Odes”
“Peace is the umpire for doing the will of God.”
“At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.”
“It is sweet to die young! It is sweet to render to God a life still full of illusions!”

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