"Salvation is a word for the divine spaciousness that comes to human beings in all the tight places where their lives are at risk, regardless of how they got there or whether they know God's name. Sometimes it comes as an extended human hand and sometimes as a bolt from the blue, but either way it opens a door in what looked for all the world like a wall. This is the way of life, and God alone knows how it works."

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Source : FaceBook post by Barbara Brown Taylor from Jul 02, 2013

Barbara Brown Taylor

#Wall Quotes #Hands Quotes #Names Quotes

“Economics is really politics in disguise.”
“Ever since I was young I understood the whole meaning of life isn't how much money you accumulate, how much fame you experience, it's how many lives you touch, how many faces you bring smiles to. I see myself back in Hawaii doing something in the community to improve the lives of young children. Everything I've done is to prepare myself to give back.”
“Charcoal or gas. Both give excellent results, so choose the one that best suits your style of cooking.”
“Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen has been the Queensland premier the whole time we've been in Australia, and the state is a national joke for having a Deep North government thats said to resemble governments of a generation or more ago in some parts of the US Deep South - governments that always talk about getting things done and never talk about rights.”
“I still can't shake the Nebraska off of me.”

Source : "QA: The Book of Mormon's Andrew Rannells". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.gq.com. June 9, 2011.
“What we say does not matter - only what God says to souls through us.”
“Putting Americans at risk for a political reason I think is wrong and I think it's unfortunate.”
“Don't judge me because I'm quiet. No one plans a murder out loud.”

Source : Darynda Jones (2012). “Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet”, p.255, Macmillan

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