"As far as intellectual training was concerned, my nine years from seven to sixteen were practically wasted."

-- Mary Augusta Ward

#Years Quotes #Training Quotes #Intellectual Quotes

“I honestly really, really love Topshop. I've bought a lot of booties from there. I think they have a great selection of really funky booties at Topshop. My splurge would be a pair of leather Christian Louboutin over-the-knee boots. They're sick! I would do a really stretchy skinny jean under a black turtleneck and call it a day!”
“Everyone understands that love comes in many different packages and is used in many different ways. You cannot love beyond your years, nor can you fail to love beneath them.In other words, I think you get the love you need when you open your heart.”
“I wondered if I might not be in the grip of demons, if they were not making me suffer for their own purposes, or simply for their enjoyment.”

Source : Whitley Strieber (1988). “Transformation”
“We are to believe and follow Christ in all things, including his words about Scripture. And this means that Scripture is to be for us what it was to him: the unique, authoritative, and inerrant Word of God, and not merely a human testimony to Christ, however carefully guided and preserved by God. If the Bible is less than this to us, we are not fully Christ's disciples.”

Source : James Montgomery Boice (1978). “The Foundation of Biblical authority”, Zondervan Publishing Company
“Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.”
“A bit of trash now and then is good for the severest reader. It provides the necessary roughage in the literary diet.”
“One skill that separates good from almost-good runners is an ability to concentrate for an entire race, whether it is a mile or a marathon.”
“For the gentle werelibrarian, who's strictly vegetarian, there's nothing like Tofillager the MEATLESS TOFU VILLAGER”

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