Quotes

Maybe it’s not too hard to find the words, if I wasn’t so busy taking them for granted.

19th January 2010.

If we shadows have offended,

Think but this and all is mended,

That you have but slumbered here

While these visions did appear,

And this weak and idle theme,

No more yielding but a dream.

Puck. A Midsummer’s Nights Dream.

Of course God knows you’re here; it’s just that some people spend part of their life running from Him and the rest thinking they go unnoticed.

Mitch Albom. The 5 people you meet in Heaven.

Ah, you mock me. But perhaps one day when you’ve awaken from a pleasant slumber to the scent of a warm brioche smothered in marmalade and fresh cream butter you will understand that life is not solely comprised of tasks but tastes.

Leopold. Kate & Leopold (2001).

There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see the world, the more I am dissatisfied with it; and every day conforms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense.

Elizabeth Bennet. Pride and Prejudice.

Sometimes I feel irritated to the point of change. I think that’s the way God intended it.

15th March 2010

If you go ahead and listen carefully, you’ll hear the familiar sounds of no one caring.

Dr. Cox. Scrubs. Season 1 Episode 13.

Satan and his evil angels, then, are defeated foes. They may strive might and main to thwart the work of Christ, but they shall not succeed. They may rock the boat, but cannot sink it. They may recommend evil to a person, but cannot compel anyone to sin. They may threaten to cause a believer to forsake his faith, but are quite unable to pluck anyone from the hand of the Saviour.

Walking with Giants. Blog.

Bad things happen to us because God is actually calling us to a deeper faith, one that trusts Him and chooses to stay with Him even when His love for us includes losses the relinquishment of dreams and earthly hopes, and painful experiences for which there will be no remedy in this lifetime.

Lydia Brownback

I’m not rich. But I’m satisfied.

Calvin Tay

Independence is not the same as doing things in isolation

Caroline Ho 

The future is scary. But you can’t just run back to the past because it’s familiar. Yes, it’s tempting… but it’s a mistake.

Robin Scherbatsky. How I Met Your Mother. Season 6 Episode 24.

One does not surrender a life in an instant.
That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime.

Elisabeth Elliot

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