"The idea seemed to be that if you prayed extremely hard--especially if a lot of people prayed at once--maybe God would change things. The trouble was, what if your enemy was praying, too? Which prayer would God listen to?"

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Source : Jeanne DuPrau (2006). “The Prophet of Yonwood”, p.26, Random House Books for Young Readers

Jeanne DuPrau

#Prayer Quotes #Ideas Quotes #People Quotes

“A true gourmet - a judge - has the wisdom to know when to stop eating.”
“Happy! Who is happy? Was there not a serpent in Paradise itself? And if Eve had been perfectly happy beforehand, would she have listened to the tempter?”
“There is a single energy of God and the saints? they are living icons of Christ, being the same as He is, by grace rather than by assimilation.”
“Irrespective of any external, regulatory force, our capacity for feeling is in itself an insatiable and bottomless abyss.”
“Peter swept aside Yogi Tea and Harmony Herbal Blend, though he hesitated a second over the chamomile. .... But no. Violent death demanded Earl Grey.”
“I have a lot of Jordans, a lot of Nikes, a lot of Blazers.”
“We need to understand that every time an elementary teacher captures the imagination of a child through the arts or music of language this nation gets a little stronger.”
“Everything he did was at least partial and often total bullshitâ€ (402).”

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