"We pick bygone time up by the handfuls and, like clay, see if it feels right and then form it into stories about the past."

-- James Alexander Thom

#Past Quotes #Clay Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Child labor becomes a label of condemnation in spite of its ancient function as the quickest, most reliable way to human independence”
“The conviction of tragedy that rises out of his [John Dos Passos's] work is the steady protest of a sensitive democratic conscience against the tyranny and the ugliness of society, against the failure of a complete human development under industrial capitalism.”

Source : ALFRED kAZIN (1956). “ON NATIVE GROUNDS An Interpretation of Modern American Prose Literature”
“Well, then, Lord Jesus! I will creep if I cannot walk; I will take hold of Thy word. When I stumble, Thou wilt support me; when I fall, Thou wilt hold out Thy cross, and help me with it to rise again, until at length I reach the place where Thou art, and with all my weaknesses and wants, cast myself into Thy bosom.”

Source : Christian Scriver (1857). “Gotthold's Emblems: or Invisible things understood by things that are made. Tr. by R. Menzies”, p.22
“We offer our prayers in weakness but they ascend in power because of the blood of Jesus.”
“People don't like to follow pessimists.”
“Instead of getting an iPad, I now use my iPhone with a giant magnifying glass attached to my face.”
“A hush is over everything, Silent as women wait for love; The world is waiting for the spring.”
“Tomorrow changes the face of reality.”

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