"Only the Christian religion, which in its essence is communicated by the eternal child of God, keeps alive in its believers the lifelong awareness of their being children, and therefore of having to ask and give thanks for things."

-- Hans Urs von Balthasar

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“Everyone seems to relate to the awkwardness of being a teenager, or even a 30-year-old.”

Source : "Eddie Kaye Thomas and Chris Klein interview: on returning to American Pie: Reunion". Interview with Caroline Preece, www.denofgeek.com. April 30, 2012.
“We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.”
“Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection.”
“We may never be able to pay directly for the gifts of true friendship - but pay we must, even though we make our payment to someone who owes us nothing, in some other place and at some other time.”

Source : Yousuf Karsh (2003). “Karsh: A Biography in Images”, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
“I'm a Christian, and those beliefs occasionally come out in the books.”
“Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs.”
“God gave music the power to carry his light into the darkness. Thatâ€™s a mighty privilege. It means intentionally telling stories and writing songs that bear truth that outlasts the songs themselves. If I did this in hopes of thunderous applause and piles of cash, I would have quit years ago. But there are moments on the stage when I sense something magical, a connection with the band and the audience, when our stories intersect and suddenly weâ€™re wading in an ancient river. Suddenly the song is secondary to the greater story being told through each of us.”
“While I occasionally enjoy a bout of nostalgia, I would generally rather dream forward than backward.”

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