"The gate of heaven is very low; only the humble can enter it."

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Elizabeth Ann Seton

#Humble Quotes #Heaven Quotes #Lows Quotes

“If life was a piece of cake, it wouldn't be worth eating!”
“I'm a chess piece. A pawn,' she said. 'I can be sacrificed, but I cannot be captured. To be captured would be the end of the game.”
“Romance no longer looked like so much fun, more like a repetitive stress injuryâ€¦”

Source : Carol Anshaw (2012). “Carry the One: A Novel”, p.166, Simon and Schuster
“Then there are the addicts, the hunger addicts, the rage addicts, the poverty addicts , and power addicts, and the pure addicts who are addicted not to substances but to the oblivion and the tenderness the substances engender. An addict, if you don't mind me saying so, is like a saint. What is a saint but someone who has cut himself off, voluntarily, from the world's traffic and currency.”

Source : "Narcopolis". Book by Jeet Thayil, 2012.
“My scars are numerous, my flesh is powerless, my enemy is dangerous, but my God is glorious and His grace is totally sufficient.”

Source : Matt Papa (2014). “Look and Live: Behold the Soul-Thrilling, Sin-Destroying Glory of Christ”, p.15, Baker Books
“Then sink to your nose in a bubble bath.”
“I am not a lover of Israel, of course. I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews.”
“Poets are mysterious, but a poet when all is said is not much more mysterious than a banker.”

Source : Allen Tate (1999). “Essays of Four Decades”, Isi Books

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