"Our sins are debts that none can pay but Christ. It is not our tears, but His blood; it is not our sighs, but His sufferings, that can testify for our sins. Christ must pay all, or we are prisoners forever."

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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilber, p. 81, 1895.

Thomas Brooks

#Blood Quotes #Forever Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“A man who has been in danger, When he comes out of it forgets his fears, And sometimes he forgets his promises.”
“At moments we are all artists.”
“The syllogism art for art's sake refers to that kind of painting which disregards, or is contrary to, public taste.”
“Once you get into fitness you do notice your diet and notice that certain foods don't quite agree with you. I don't think it was a conscious decision, I think it organically happened over time, but I do watch what I eat and try to eat healthy.”

Source : Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“You can't rush good wine. It has to sit. And when you finally drink it, it's the bomb. It's worth the wait.”
“These short stories are vast structures existing mostly in the subconscious of our cultural history. They will live with the reader long after the words have been translated into ideas and dreams. That's because a good short story crosses the borders of our nations and our prejudices and our beliefs. A good short story asks a question that can't be answered in simple terms. And even if we come up with some understanding, years later, while glancing out of a window, the story still has the potential to return, to alter right there in our mind and change everything.”

Source : Walter Mosley, Katrina Kenison (2003). “The Best American Short Stories 2003”, p.15, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.”
“Beautiful in form and feature, lovely as the day, can there be so fair a creature formed of common clay?”

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