"Concealment makes the soul a swamp. Confession is how you drain it."

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Source : Charles M. Blow (2014). “Fire Shut Up in My Bones: A Memoir”, p.219, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Charles M. Blow

#Soul Quotes #Swamps Quotes #Confession Quotes

“Change is scientific; progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.”
“Focus on yourself -- do what you want, when you want, without having to consider anyone else's agenda.”

Source : Lauren Weisberger (2009). “Chasing Harry Winston: A Novel”, p.27, Simon and Schuster
“The psyche is highly flammable material. So we are always wrapping things in asbestos, keeping our images and fantasies at arm's length because they are so full of love”
“I would rather commit a sin of commission than a sin of omission, and the evangelical community is exactly the opposite. The evangelical community would rather not do something wrong and the price they're willing to pay for not doing something wrong is they're willing to fail to do something right; they're so afraid of making a mistake. Now the reason they're afraid of making a mistake is they're cowards and our community produces cowards.”
“Sometimes an organization doesnâ€™t need a solution; it just needs clarity.”
“I'd be happy to stay single now because I've always been in relationships. For the first time ever I can do what I want, when I want, with who I want, without answering to anyone.”
“In the eyes of the unrighteous it appeared that God did not intervene and that His Son died, but for believers it was at that precise moment that true glory was manifested and definitive salvation achieved.”
“When human rights are abused on a grand scale, the broth of purity boils and feeds the rebellion of a new order.”

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