"To remember the past is to see that we are here today by grace, that we have survived as a gift."

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Frederick Buechner

#Past Quotes #Grace Quotes #Today Quotes

“Inevitably the party trying to resolve a matter had to contend with the party most willing to exploit it.”

Source : C. J. Cherryh (1996). “Invader: Book Two of Foreigner”, p.100, Penguin
“When table utensils were invented in the 1100s, the Catholic Church condemned them as obscene and heretical, claiming, 'God gave us fingers with which to eat.' And we're supposed to get politically discouraged? Oh please. We're being opposed by people who denounced the fork.”
“Remember, when something leaves your life, God is making room for something much better to enter! Get ready!”
“I came so far- from nothing to a Super Bowl championship”
“'Peace' is when nobody's shooting. A 'just peace' is when our side gets what it wants.”
“This is why you must love life: one day you're offering up your social security number to the Russian Mafia; two weeks later you're using the word calve as a verb.”

Source : Maria Semple (2012). “Where'd You Go, Bernadette”, p.241, Hachette UK
“I haven't done rap... I can't do that too well.”
“Our problem with desire is that we want too little.”

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