"In order to experience and understand what it means to be a Christian, it is always necessary to recognize a definite historical situation."

“Every morning, just like in Alabama, I got up with the sun, ate my breakfast even before my mother and sisters and brothers, and went to school, winter, spring, and fall alike to run and jump and bend my body this way and that for Mr. Charles Riley.”

“Kids today are sold so much, by corporations and media and commercials and advertising and music videos, that I do. A lot of times, they retain that stuff and wear it, and that's the concept of a hipster. It's about owning it and redefining it, on your own level. It's a way of retaining control and meaning, in a world where you're being told to think in a certain way.”

Source : Source: collider.com

“But there is only one surefire method of proper pattern recognition, and that is science.”

“A passion to obey Christ is born out of our relationship with him. The more we love him, the more we want him to be a part of our affairs.”

“What did I get from Simon? An education - the thing my parents always wanted me to have.”

Source : "My harsh lesson in love and life" by Lynn Barber, www.theguardian.com. June 06, 2009.

“I believe that this neglected, wounded, inner child of the past is the major source of human misery.”

Source : John Bradshaw (2013). “Homecoming: Reclaiming and Healing Your Inner Child”, p.7, Bantam

“Miss Austen had shown the infinite possibilities of ordinary and present things for the novelist.”

Source : George Saintsbury (2012). “The English Novel”, p.234, tredition

“I think 'Horace Silver' was actually the first live jazz group I ever heard back when I was a kid in St. Louis. So along with most players of my generation, I have a real affection for the music of 'Horace Silver.”