"Life is a million different dots making one gigantic picture. And maybe the big picture is nice, maybe it's amazing, but if you're standing with your face pressed up against a bunch of black dots, it's really hard to tell."

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Source : Rebecca Stead (2012). “Liar & Spy”, p.90, Wendy Lamb Books

Rebecca Stead

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“As Pope Francis says in Amoris laetitia, pastors must "make room for the consciences of the faithful, who very often respond as best they can to the Gospel amid their limitations, and are capable of carrying out their own discernment in complex situations. We have been called to form consciences, not to replace them" (no. 37). As for the former statement, we should only be afraid if the church is smaller because of our failure to welcome people and preach the Gospel in a way that touches their hearts.”

Source : Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org
“The real test of compassion is not what we say in abstract discussions but how we conduct ourselves in daily life.”
“Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.”
“Once a man's will is set, he need no longer rely on others or expect anything from the world. His vision encompasses Heaven and earth, past and present, and the tranquility of his heart is undisturbed.”

Source : "Yoshida Shoin Zenshu" by Yoshida Shoin, vol. III, 1938.
“Vlad blinked, unsure where her question was coming from and, more importantly, where it was going.”
“I've always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming.”
“Qualities not regulated run into their opposites. Economy before competence is meanness after it. Therefore economy is for the poor; the rich may dispense with it.”
“The first one that I went to with my friends was with my buddy Michael - and we actually cut class to get tickets - was INXS at the Garden.”

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