"I hadnâ€™t had a mother since I was two, and from then until seven I had believed God was someone who had run off with her and was living with her somewhere else... (God took your mother, dear, because he needed her more than you do) which had never endeared him to me"

-- Dick Francis

#Mother Quotes #Running Quotes #Two Quotes

“Those who are called to the table of the Lord must glow with the brightness.”
“Slowly I learn the importance of powerlessness.Â I experience it in my own life and I live with it in my work.Â The secret is not to be afraid of itâ€”not to run away.Â The dying know that we are not Godâ€¦ All they ask is that we do not desert them.”
“Sin is more dangerous than wild bears, more deadly than blazing forest fires. Ask Nebuchadnezzar, who lost his mind because he refused to deal with his pride. Ask Samson, who was reduced to a pathetic shred of a man because he never got control over the lusts of his flesh. Ask Achan and Ananias and Sapphira, who all lost their lives over â€œsmall,â€ secret sins.”
“Adolescence is a kind of slavery cleverly disguised as freedom.”
“Just because your muscles start to protest, doesn't mean you have to listen.”
“I just wanted to be like my dad, Jesus. He was a good shortstop.”
“The human animal is a beast that eventually has to die. If he's got money, he buys and he buys and he buys. The reason he buys everything he can is because of some crazy hope that one of the things he buys will be life everlasting.”
“Punk's not dead, it's just at K-Mart.”

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