"We can either have a twenty-first-century conversation about morality and the human well-being - a conversation in which we avail ourselves of all scientific insights and philosophical arguments that have accumulated in the last two thousand years of human discourse - or we can confine ourselves to a first-century conversation as it is preserved in the Bible."

-- Sam Harris

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“Usually she ordered a cup of coffee and a cup of tea, as well as a brownie, propping up her sadness with chocolate and caffeine so that it became an anxiety.”

Source : FaceBook post by Lorrie Moore from Dec 15, 2010
“...the person you encounter is often more than the person you see.”

Source : Clare Vanderpool (2010). “Moon Over Manifest”, p.113, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.”
“We can't behave like people in novels, though, can we?”
“In cross examination, as in fishing, nothing is more ungainly than a fisherman pulled into the water by his catch.”
“In the Bible it says God has made everything good for man to eat and to wear their skins. Whenever we eat beef, we eat chicken, we have to kill to eat. But at the same time, hunting is a sport. I think it is a great sport... I would say most hunters are Christian men.”
“It was good to be a kid because I did not realise all the things that came with the success. Going to the Games, I was asked what I expected to do.”
“If you're feeling pain, express that to the Lord. If you're feeling worried, express those worries. One passage that gives me comfort is in Psalms, Chapter 11, verse 3, it reads, "When all that is good falls apart, what can good people do?" That's really the question of the day.”

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