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The community of the saints is not an "ideal" community consisting of perfect and sinless men and women, where there is no need of further repentance. No, it is a community which proves that it is worthy of the gospel of forgiveness by constantly and sincerely proclaiming God's forgiveness...Sanctification means driving out the world from the Church as well as separating the Church from the world. But the purpose of such discipline is not to establish a community of the perfect, but a... Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Joan Didion quote: "I mean maybe I was holding all the aces, but what was the game?"
I mean maybe I was holding all the aces, but what was the game? Joan Didion
The word he used was not “wallowing,” there being no animals on Anarres to make wallows; it was a compound, meaning literally “coating continually and thickly with excrement.” The flexibility and precision of Pravic lent itself to the creation of vivid metaphors quite unforeseen by its inventors. Ursula K. Le Guin
Nakata's empty inside... Do you know what it means to be completely empty? Being empty is like a vacant house. An unlocked, vacant house. Anybody can come in, anytime they want. That's what scares me the most Haruki Murakami
P. G. Wodehouse quote: "What a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you..."
What a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean. P. G. Wodehouse
our day-to-day life is bombarded with fortuities or, to be more precise, with the accidental meetings of people and events we call coincidences. "co-incidence" means that two events unexpectedly happen at the same time. Milan Kundera
Lillian Hellman quote: "Writers are interesting people, but often mean and petty."
Writers are interesting people, but often mean and petty. Lillian Hellman
Hate not those who reject you, who insult you, who abuse and slander you. Hate not the atheists, the teachers of evil, the materialists--and I mean not only the good ones--for there are many good ones among them, especially in our day--hate not even the wicked ones. Fyodor Dostoevsky
I am sure," cried Catherine, "I did not mean to say anything wrong; but it is a nice book, and why should not I call it so?" "Very true," said Henry, "and this is a very nice day, and we are taking a very nice walk, and you are two very nice young ladies. Oh! It is a very nice word indeed! It does for everything. Originally perhaps it was applied only to express neatness, propriety, delicacy, or refinement—people were nice in their dress, in their sentiments, or their choice. But now every... Jane Austen
How loose he seemed to himself, under the stars! The spaces between the stars were pores, out of which human meaning evaporated. Annie Dillard
My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice them, you'll fail. My teachings are older than the world. How can you grasp their meaning? If you want to know me, Look inside your heart. Lao Tzu
Exaggerating?" Silk sounded shocked. "You don't mean to say that horses can actually lie, do you? Hettar shrugged. "Of course. They lie all the time. They're very good at it." For a moment Silk looked outraged at the thought, and then he suddenly laughed. "Somehow that restores my faith in the order of the universe," he declared. Wolf looked pained. "Silk," he said pointedly, "you're a very evil man. Did you know that?" "One does one's best," Silk replied mockingly. David Eddings
Oscar Wilde quote: "I am dying beyond my means"
I am dying beyond my means Oscar Wilde
Kate Winslet quote: "If being crazy means living life as if it matters, then I..."
If being crazy means living life as if it matters, then I don't mind being completely insane. Kate Winslet
Bob Marley quote: "You just can't live that negative way. You know what I mean...."
You just can't live that negative way. You know what I mean. Make way for the positive day. Cause it's a new day... Bob Marley

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