"I just don't believe in helping people who are going to torture me. Though I don't see any bamboo slivers. How can you possibly torture someone without bamboo slivers?"

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Laurell K. Hamilton

#Believe Quotes #People Quotes #Bamboo Quotes

“They spoke less and less between them until at last they were silent altogether as is often the way with travelers approaching the end of a journey.”
“The great Master Gardener, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, in a wonderful providence, with his own hand, planted me here, where by his grace, in this part of his vineyard, I grow; and here I will abide till the great Master of the vineyard think fit to transplant me.”

Source : Samuel Rutherford (1867). “Letters of the Rev. Samuel Rutherford”, p.487
“The realistic value of a work is completely independent of its properties in terms of content.”
“Perhaps it's just me, but I am wary of any persons whose belief system is the only thing standing between them and repulsive behavior.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 13, 2009
“His name was Rambo, and he was just some nothing kid for all anybody knew, standing by the pump of a gas station at the outskirts of Madison, Kentucky.”

Source : David Morrell (2011). “First Blood”, p.13, David Morrell
“The only other person I have fallen in love with that way is Jesus, and I hope that goes more smoothly. I hope I remember, when I'm bored with Him, and antsy, and sick of brushing my teeth next to the same god every morning, I hope I remember not to leave Him. I am not so worried that He will leave me. The Bible, after all, is full of stories about God sticking with His Bride, no matter how stiff-necked and prideful and unfaithful she may be.”

Source : Lauren F. Winner (2002). “Girl Meets God: On the Path to a Spiritual Life”, p.27, Algonquin Books
“If someone tries to use you as a tool, you shouldn't mind it, because it is their choice and folly, not yours.”
“I actually think the whole concept of retirement is a bit stupid, so yes, I do want to do something else. There is this strange thing that just because chronologically on a Friday night you have reached a certain age... with all that experience, how can it be that on a Monday morning, you are useless?”

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