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“'joy' in Phillippians is a defiant 'Nevertheless!' that Paul sets like a full stop against the Philippians' anxiety.”

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Karl Barth was a Swiss theologian born on May 10, 1886, and died on December 10, 1968. He is considered one of the most influential theologians of the 20th century, known for his critical theological method and profound biblical exegesis. more

“from the complications of loving you i think there is no end or return. no answer, no coming out of it. which is the only way to love, isn't it? this isn't a playground, this is earth, our heaven, for a while. therefore i have given precedence to all my sudden, sullen, dark moods that hold you in the center of my world. and i say to my body: grow thinner still. and i say to my fingers, type me a pretty song. and i say to my heart: rave on.”

Thinking World Way Heart Stills Ends Body Earth Song Given Heaven Grows Dark Answers Type Return My Heart Fingers Mood Coming Out Loving You Playgrounds Complication Precedence Sullen Rave

Author:Mary Oliver

“I had forgotten how much light there is in the world, till you gave it back to me.”

World Light Forgotten

Book:A Wizard of Earthsea

Source: A Wizard of Earthsea

“My father once said, 'If you're in the desert and you're dying of thirst, are you going to drink a glass of blood or are you going to drink a glass of water?' I think what he was trying to say, interesting coming from my blood father, is sometimes there are people in your family that can be toxic.”

People Ifs Thinking Trying Said Sometimes Father Water Interesting Blood Dying Drink Glasses Desert Toxic Thirst

Author:Nicolas Cage

“One can have a wit, but not a witless”

Wit

Book:Brandon Sanderson's Fantasy Firsts: (The Way of Kings, Mistborn: The Final Empire, Rithmatist, Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians)

Source: Brandon Sanderson's Fantasy Firsts: (The Way of Kings, Mistborn: The Final Empire, Rithmatist, Alcatraz vs. The Evil Librarians)

“Hunters will tell you that a moose is a wily and ferocious forest creature. Nonsense. A moose is a cow drawn by a three-year-old.”

Years Three Nature Creatures Forests Nonsense Three Years Cows Hunters Travel Writing Three Year Olds Moose Walk In The Woods

Author:Bill Bryson

“People would be surprised if they knew how much in this world was due to prayers.”

People Ifs World Would Be Prayer This World Dues

Book:SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE

Source: SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE

“The truth is, you can never really know a man until you've loaned him money. And you can never know a woman until you've slept in her bed.”

Knows Men Truth Is Bed

Book:Secrets Of A Summer Night: Number 1 in series

Source: Secrets Of A Summer Night: Number 1 in series

“He was sunshine most always-I mean he made it seem like good weather.”

Mean Made Seems Weather Made It Sunshine Good Weather

Book:Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Source: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

“For what are the words with which to summarize a lifetime, so much crowded confused happiness terminated by such stark slow-motion pain?”

Pain Lifetime Confused Crowded Starks Slow Motion

Book:We Were the Mulvaneys

Source: We Were the Mulvaneys

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