"I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber."

-- David McCullough

#Weed Quotes #Writing Quotes #Trying Quotes

“If there is a Creator-God, it has used methods of creation that are indistinguishable from nature, it has declined to make itself known for all of recorded history, it doesn't intervene in affairs on earth, and has made itself impossible to observe. Even if you believe in that God... why would you think it would want to be worshiped?”

Source : FaceBook post by David G. McAfee from Dec 06, 2013
“Faith is a belief in things that your senses have not experienced and your mind does not understand, but you have touched them in other ways and have accepted them. It is easy for one to speak of faith; it is another thing to live it.”
“This is the fast lane, folks...and some of us like it here.”
“Maybe love isn't just a bouquet of roses once in a while. Maybe it's just sticking it out, when it's hard, when you're mad, when you're tired.”

Source : Kristan Higgins (2013). “The Best Man”, p.279, HQN Books
“We can co-create this change. Spreading the word, learning to treat others with love, acceptance and forgiveness, and bravely stepping up to do our part... it's all part of the great dance of life. You don't have to sit back and wait for it. The most powerful gateway to the universe you have is the present. All the work of so many lifetimes is ultimately completed in a single instant - and you can choose whenever that will be.”
“The Blessed Eucharist is the perfect Sacrament of the Lord's Passion, since It contains Christ Himself and his Passion.”
“Love emerges at the point of a lacking word, and one offers one's being to fill the lack.”
“Leap, and the net will appear.”

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