"Remember that the writing itself is good for you. If your story is so close to home that you are afraid to write it, it probably means you need to write it."

-- Tayari Jones

#Mean Quotes #Home Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Sheâ€™s really gone, then. The little girl with the back of her shirt sticking out like a duck tail, the one who needed help reaching the dishes, and who begged to see the frosted cakes in the bakery window. Time and tragedy have forced her to grow too quickly, at least for my taste, into a young woman who stitches bleeding wounds and knows our mother can hear only so much.”
“Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather he must recognize that it is he who is asked.”
“The Church is called to draw near to every person, beginning with the poorest and those who suffer.”
“That is a list of the Territories that yielded to Ebon Askavi. They now stand within the shadow of the Keep. They are mine. Anyone who tries to settle in my Territory without my consent will be dealt with. Anyone who harms any of my people will be executed. There will be no excuses and no exceptions. I will say it simply so that the members of this Council and the intruders who thought to take land they had no right to claim can never say they misunderstood." Jaenelle's lips curled into a snarl. "STAY OUT OF MY TERRITORY!”
“Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself.”
“I found a lot of animators bring a lot of baggage to the party, just that there's a certain way of doing things in that world that's a little hard to unlearn.”
“Since the reduction of risk factors is the scientific basis for primary prevention, the World Health Organization promotes the development of an integrated strategy for prevention of several diseases, rather than focusing on individual ones.”
“If you want to meet the needs of the poor in this world, there is no better place to start than by preaching the Gospel.”

Source : K. P. Yohannan (2014). “Revolution in World Missions: One Man's Journey to Change a Generation”, p.58, Gospel For Asia Books

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