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“Conviction, then, is no part of a sinner’s salvation—but the clear practical knowledge of the fact that he cannot save himself, and is entirely dependent on the saving grace of God.”
“What befalls me couldn’t have missed me, and what misses me could not have befallen me.”
“What you may seek and what you may find are not always one.”
“Is there worse evil than that which goes in the mask of good?”
“Life gives only the canvas, but it is you, who chooses the colors.”
“I think you have bits of Primord in your hair...And you look …bloody...You look a mess, Halíka...But you are still the most beautiful woman I have ever laid my eyes on.”
“After his sisters were taken away, the Japanese occupying force sent my grandfather to Imperial Schools. My first language is Japanese, he tells me. English far away. Sometimes, right after he told...”
“You are my son Dantés! You are the child of my captivity. My priestly office condemned me to celibacy: God sent you to me both to console the man who could not be a father and the prisoner who coul...”
“That was one of the saddest things about people--their most important thoughts and feelings often went unspoken and barely understood.”
“We might feel that we must demonstrate explicitly when we’re upset, or not upset. This perceived need may stem from our family of origin, from how we learned to be heard when a simple “no” wasn’t e...”
“My fiancé immediately began to look uncomfortable, but did not voice this discomfort except by a soft gurgling sound in the throat . . . The gurgling escalated, but my mother politely switched on t...”
“Thinking is a bit uncomfortable, but you'll get used to it. A matter of time and practice.”
“Even though Xavier was only human, it seemed he could protect me from anything and everything. I wouldn't have been worried if a fire-breathing dragon had torn of the roof, because I knew that Xavi...”
“When a flower doesn’t bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows, not the flower.”
“I don’t care how smart you are. You’ll never understand how little you really know until you’ve had a woman.”
“Dress up and wait for me outside your house. I’ll show you a pleasure-seeking night full of gluttony and lust. And that’s only the ride in Her Majesty.”
“Had she stabbed me with a knife, she could not have hurt me more.”
“I have googled 'how long does heartbreak last?' The result more popular than that was 'how long does heartburn last?' This implies people suffer from heartburn more than they do heartbreak which is...”
“Philosophy, that leaned on Heaven before,Shrinks to her second cause, and is no more.”
“Dantes had entered the Chateau d’If with the round, open, smiling face of a young and happy man, with whom the earlypaths of life have been smooth. and who anticipates a future corresponding with h...”
