"...when I was angry at God because I couldn't go to my son, hold him, and comfort him, God's son was holding my son in his lap."

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Source : Todd Burpo (2014). “Heaven is for Real Movie Edition: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back”, p.84, Thomas Nelson Inc

Todd Burpo

#Son Quotes #Lap Quotes #Comfort Quotes

“Little brats yellin 'Trick or Treat' all through my screen door, When y'all should be at home sleep, Instead of at my front porch 15 deep. The jack o' lantern came in handy... I can turn my porch light out like I ain't got no candy. But ain't that somethin? You buy a Halloween costume and a pumpkin, Almost gave your children a heart attack. It's a tradition, but who the hell started that?”

Source : Song: Holiday Madness, Album: Neva Again, 1993
“I don't know if the camera likes me, but I do like the camera.”
“A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing at all to protect traditional marriages.”
“My degree was in sculpture. I always think that drawing is a sculptural process. I always feel like I'm carving the image out rather than painting the image. I'm carving it out with erasers and tools like that. I've always had this fondness for sculpture.”

Source : Interview with Keanu Reeves, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 4, 2014.
“I think I'm a people person. I get very attached to people. And I've become so attached to all the people on my show, the cast, the crew and the producers.”
“We cannot grow when we are in shame, and we can't use shame to change ourselves or others.”
“I write to be the characters that I am not.”
“,,, all around it would have to be Eddie Cochran, because it wasn't just music with him; it was his guitar playing, his look, his singing, I'd say that, all things considered, he's probably my favorite "cat" of all time”

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