"Compelling characters are not cogs in the machine of your plot; they are human beings to whom the story happens."

-- David Corbett

#Character Quotes #Cogs Quotes #Plot Quotes

“When I have listened to my mistakes, I have grown.”
“Now the true soldiers of Christ must always be prepared to do battle for the truth, and must never, so far as lies with them, allow false convictions to creep in.”
“...you can be angry and silent, but it's no use - there's no distance in the spirit - besides, my words touch you more softly than my hands...”
“Michele Bachmann told reporters that she will lead the nation in prayer if she is elected president. You know if she is elected president, we all better be praying. She doesn't have to lead us.”
“We worry so much in this culture about being happy. The pursuit of happiness is even written in our Constitution. It's an erroneous concept because we are emotional, thinking beings that are constantly affected by a hundred things around us and inside us.”
“You canâ€™t be good to others if youâ€™re not strict with yourself. The more shallow you are with yourself, the harsher you are with others. The more profound you are with yourself, the more generous you are with others”
“Remember me in your dreams, as I will you.”
“We need to love people with our deeds AND our words because sharing the Good News is a process, not just an event.”

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