"Do not seek death.Â Death will find you,"

-- Dag Hammarskjold

“Whatever charm thou hast, be charming.”
“In those early years in New York when I was a stranger in a big city, it was the companionship and later friendship which I was offered in the Linnean Society that was the most important thing in my life.”
“We don't get what we deserve. We get what we BELIEVE we deserve.”
“All right, then. Emergency medical situation, take two.â€ He leaped to his feet, staggered, keeled over, then lifted his head weakly. â€œChloe? Is that you?â€ He coughed. â€œDo you have my insulin?â€ I placed it in his outstretched hand. â€œYou saved my life,â€ he said. â€œHow can I ever repay you?â€ â€œUndying servitude sounds good. I like my eggs scrambled.â€ He held up a piece of fruit. â€œWould you settle for a bruised apple?â€ I laughed.”
“Life is a perspective and for me, if a human being has access to school, clean water, food, proper health care, that is the basis of human rights.”
“In the resurrection there is already wrapped up a judging-process, at least for believers: the raising act in their case, together with the attending change, plainly involves a pronouncement of vindication. The resurrection does more than prepare its object for undergoing the judgement; it sets in motion and to a certain extent anticipates the issue of judgement for the Christian. And it were not incorrect to offset this by saying that the judgement places the seal on what the believer has received in the resurrection.”

Source : "Pauline Eschatology".
“There was a period when I'd just come out of college where I'd been playing classical guitar and I suddenly realised that it wasn't what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.”
“Ladies love a soppy lyric. There's a real winner in 'Carry You Home.”

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