"When I was a child in the Navy during World War II, I was perennially grateful to the armed services libraries for having on hand a good supply of those pocket books, which were so common in that period. I must have read a couple hundred of them, and they did a lot to save my sanity."

-- James A. Michener

#Couple Quotes #Children Quotes #War Quotes

“God comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable.”

Source : Shane Claiborne (2010). “The Irresistible Revolution: Living As an Ordinary Radical”, p.63, ReadHowYouWant.com
“We don't know where the lines should be drawn. Which to me means that we people of goodwill have to bend over backwards to be scrupulous, to be exceedingly careful about code words, about messages, so as not to inflame the evil angels in our nature, if you will.”
“I agree with you that the communion with the invisible saints must be more of a dream than a reality. But we have a right to dream dreams, if they are not contradicted by the evident laws of God's word, or God's world.”
“This may surprise you, but there were a large number of valuable buys during the Depression.”
“If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner”
“coming to the end of spring / my grandmother kicks off her shoes / steps out of her faltering body.”

Source : Betsy Sholl (1986). “Rooms overhead”, Alice James Books
“I just felt like I had to create a life for myself where I was more independent.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“John Faulkner's As I Lay Dying is very important to me as an influence. When I didn't know how to start Mr. Splitfoot, I just wrote the first line of As I Lay Dying instead and then continued on. It's dissolved in the text now, but it helped me start.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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