"President Bush was widely ridiculed for consulting the Reverend Billy Graham before the Gulf war."

-- William Bennett

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“Magic is a kind of energy. It is given shape by human thoughts and emotions, by imagination. Thoughts define that shapeâ€”and words help to define those thoughts. Thatâ€™s why wizards usually use words to help them with their spells. Words provide a sort of insulation as the energy of magic burns through a spell casterâ€™s mind.”
“I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on.”

Source : Naomi Novik (2009). “In His Majesty's Service: Three Novels of Temeraire (His Majesty's Service, Throne of Jade, and Black Powder War)”, p.42, Del Rey
“Have we come to the point where it is now considered a secular blasphemy to acknowledge the name of God at all?”
“The Bible is to us what the star was to the wise men; but if we spend all our time in gazing upon it, observing its motions, and admiring its splendor, without being led to Christ by it, the use of it will be lost on us.”
“Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire.”
“The job of a friend is not to decide what should be done, not to run interference or pick up the slack. The job of a friend is to understand, and to supply energy and hope, and in doing so to keep those they value on their feet a little longer, so that they can fight another round and grow strong in themselves.”
“Flowers are not symbols of power. Flowers are too brief, too frail, to elicit much hope of eternity. In truth, flowers are far removed from the human condition and from all human hope. For a moment, in that moment, flowers are simply beautiful.”

Source : Sharman Apt Russell (2002). “Anatomy of a Rose: Exploring the Secret Life of Flowers”, p.2, Basic Books
“On the last analysis, then, love is life. Love never faileth and life never faileth so long as there is love.”

Source : Henry Drummond (2013). “Addresses”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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