"Neither saints nor angels have ever increased my faith in this enigma Life; but what are called 'common men and women' have increased it."

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Phyllis Bottome

#Angel Quotes #Men Quotes #Saint Quotes

“The chemicals in the dishwashing process tend not to be good for saucepans.”
“Sometimes pain is for the greater good.”
“By accepting our aging and letting its lessons broaden us internally, we become calmer in the face of the body's inevitable deterioration. Becoming less attached to our outer appearance is so liberating.”
“People always think that happiness is a faraway thing," thought Francie, "something complicated and hard to get. Yet, what little things can make it up; a place of shelter when it rains - a cup of strong hot coffee when you're blue; for a man, a cigarette for contentment; a book to read when you're alone - just to be with someone you love. Those things make happiness.”
“The only truth I know is my own.”
“HOW ABOUT INSTEAD OF READING THIS TWEET U JUST GO SIT AND CONTEMPLATE THIS EARTH'S NATURAL BEAUTY”
“We need to discover all over again that worship is natural to the Christian, as it was to the godly Israelites who wrote the psalms, and that the habit of celebrating the greatness and graciousness of God yields an endless flow of thankfulness, joy, and zeal.”
“For five days, I had no sleep. None. I did not sleep. And the last day, the reason I lasted, I drank 20 Red Bulls, about 20 cups of coffee. I could not function.”

Source : "When We Held Kings" by Eric Raskin, grantland.com. May 22, 2013.

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