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“God tested Abraham. That is, he sent him afflictions for his benefit, not so that he could find out what sort of man he was, for God knows everything, but so that He give him the means to perfect his faith.”

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Marcus Eremita

Marcus Eremita is a writer, but specific details about his life and works are currently unknown. more

“Writers are outsiders, and usually not by their own choosing. It’s why they’re writers. If they didn’t feel alienated from human experience, they wouldn’t feel so drawn to writing to make sense of their lives. It’s not the outsider’s facility for language that makes her a writer — many a student body president or homecoming queen can turn a phrase — but her ability to howl at the moon, on the page.”

Ifs Feels Writing Humans Body Turns Language President Ability Students Moon Pages Make Sense Queens Phrases Outsiders Human Experience Facility Howl Homecoming Homecoming Queen

Author:Karen Karbo

“The truth about Chanel's bespoke femininity is that a woman can do or say whatever she wants as long as she's wearing pearls.”

Want Long Can Do Pearls Femininity

Book:The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman

Source: The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman

“The first draft is for YOU, the writer; the second and subsequent drafts are for the reader. Trying to do both things at once — figuring out what we want to say, while also fashioning it for another human being to read — is the cause of writer’s block.”

Want Trying Firsts Humans Causes Human Beings Reader Block Writer's Block

Author:Karen Karbo

“Overdressing is the first cousin of trying too hard.”

Trying Firsts Hard Cousin Trying Too Hard

Author:Karen Karbo

“I told the ambulance men the wrong blood type for my ex, so he knows what rejection feels like.”

Knows Men Feels Blood Type Rejection Exes Ambulance Blood Type

Author:Pippa Evans

“The ideal citizen of a tyrannical state is the man or woman who bows in silent obedience in exchange for the status of a well-cared-for herd animal. Thinking people become the tyrants' worst enemies.”

People Thinking Men Wells States Animal Enemy Worst He Man Citizens Ideals Silent Obedience Tyrants Bows Herds Worst Enemy

Author:Claire Wolfe

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