"But none of us wants to be average. That we are so is a melancholy fact borne in upon us in middle life, and we do not always relish it."

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Source : Margaret Benson (1908). “The Venture of Rational Faih”

Margaret Benson

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“Enlightenment isn't found with a full stomach, or on a soft pillow.”
“May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.”
“More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later exonerated because they weren't guilty or fairly tried. Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are not enough public defenders to represent them. There is a lot that is wrong.”
“I love everything Buffy . I don't care who's doing it.”
“All who live to a good old age have a genius for sleep.”
“I once aged 90 years old in one episode.”
“The Lord 'hath set His tabernacle in the sun,' says the Psalmist. The sun is Mary's heart.”
“When you're missing your two front teeth, that's honesty. That is a door to your oral history. You're not covering anything up. You're saying, 'Hey world, I'm missing my front teeth. I'm gross; I'm dirty; I'm poor. I clearly have no problem with public urination and eating garbage. Don't come near me, I'll gum you to death!”

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