"Books are like sapphires; they must be polished - polished! or else you insult your readers."

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Margaret Deland

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“Iâ€™m not a religious person; I would call myself an atheist. I donâ€™t have a good story behind it, Iâ€™m just reasonable.”
“The further left you go, the meaner the spirit”
“Challenging schools to treat their students as customers with a choice, instead of inmates serving time.”
“If Jesus is Lord then the only right response to him is surrender and obedience. He is Savior and he is Lord. We cannot separate his demands from his love. We cannot dissect Jesus and relate only to the parts that we like or need. Christ died so that we could be forgiven for managing our own lives. It would be impossible to thank Christ for dying and yet to continue running our own lives.”
“The New Right, in many cases, is doing nothing less than placing a heretical claim on Christian faith that distorts, confuses, and destroys the opportunity for a biblical understanding of Jesus Christ and of his gospel for millions of people.”
“And exactly how does a miserable face help the war effort?" he asked sharply, his mood beginning to change. "Will a frown bring back the dead or fortify a town? If I allow myself to laugh in the face of misery, I rest my mind from the stress of it all, and then it'll work the better for you and your war. And if I'm really to be one of your advisers, Your Majesty, accept this piece of advise: Take happiness where and when you find it, because there is going to be precious little of it in the next few months!”

Source : Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #1: Cry of the Icemark”, p.162, Scholastic Inc.
“I've always been a procrastinator.”
“Never apologize for your success because you worked hard for it,”

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