"Prayer means that the total you is praying. Your whole being reaches out to God, and God reaches down to you."

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E. Stanley Jones

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“Here's what happens when you die--you sit in a box and get eaten by worms. I guarantee you that when you die, nothing cool happens.”
“No one gives up on something until it turns on them, whether or not that thing is real or unreal.”

Source : Thomas Ligotti (2009). “Teatro Grottesco”, p.163, Random House
“What was toughest for me in writing "Trust," was reliving it, turning and facing this. We move on and we don't move on, you know? She's still there - and by "she" I mean me - caught in that windowless room, that bad bargain and that violation. No one can touch me, sexually, without activating that memory. But I had walled, I thought, that time off. I say that and then want to say "and I got off lightly"!”
“No-limit people are so in charge that they can trust their instincts, be childlike, be creative, do anything that makes sense to them and make their lives into what they really believe they want for themselves.”
“Our Western science, ever since the 17th century, has been obsessed with the notion of control, of man dominating nature. This obsession has led to disaster.”
“And in a small house five miles away was a man who held my mud-encrusted charm bracelet out to his wife. Look what I found at the old industrial park," he said. "A construction guy said they were bulldozing the whole lot. They're afraid of sink holes like that one that swallowed the cars." His wife poured him some water from the sink as he fingered the tiny bike and the ballet shoe, the flower basket and the thimble. He held out the muddy bracelet as she set down his glass. This little girl's grown up by now," she said. Almost. Not quite. I wish you all a long and happy life.”
“Most peopleâ€™s major life regrets are not about the things theyâ€™ve done, but about the things theyâ€™ve not done, the goals they never reached, the type of lover or friend or parent they wished theyâ€™d been but know they failed to be.”
“Half of all people who go bankrupt cite a medical problem as one of the things that drove them into bankruptcy.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

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