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Jim Butcher
"My main source for faith-based stuff is mostly the Bible, and a childhood with a much, much higher-than-median exposure to theological thought."
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Jim Butcher
#Childhood Quotes
#Stuff Quotes
#Source Quotes
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“Believing is an act of the intellect assenting to the divine truth by command of the will moved by God through grace.”
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“That two bodies press convulsively together, man and woman, he fertilizing her, he giving her a budding life, or he planting a seed, a seed of life in her womb - Oh God. I think this God-given idea is so enormous, so eternal, so endlessly wise - that people should not be allowed to depict it in art!!”
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“Good work is the only thing that would make me feel jealous or envious.”
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“God forbid that I should ever suffer the shame of publishing a book for money, or of having one of my family so demean themselves. How can one tell who might read it? No worthy book has ever been written for gain, I think;”
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“An infinite question is often destroyed by finite answers. To define everything is to annihilate much that gives us laughter and joy.”
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“Civilization has its roots in the soil.”
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“The Human tendency, largely driven by ego, is to believe we can do it all....It maybe humbling to admit there are only a few things you do really well...you will free yourself to focus on those things which will lead to greater personal success and significance.”
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“That was a perfectly reasonable explanation," she said grumpily. "Perhaps my advisers don't lie to me." "Isn't that what you'd want?" asked Giddon. "Well, yes, but it doesn't elucidate my puzzle!" "If I may say so, Lady Queen," said Giddon, "it's not always easy to follow your conversation." "Oh, Giddon," she said, sighing. "If it's any comfort, I don't follow it either.”