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“It was there, beyond the skin of this world, that a cure of ugliness could be found.”

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Ted Dekker, born on October 24, 1962, is an American author known for his suspenseful, fantasy, and religious-themed works. His books have gained widespread popularity among readers. more

“Once born into childlike faith, brimming with belief, typical people begin to lose their faith. Society mocks them. Their friends smirk. They come to change the world, but over time the world changes them. Soon they forget who they were; they forget the faith they once had. Then one day someone tells them the truth, but they don’t want to go back, because they’re comfortable in their new skin. Being a stranger in this world is never easy.”

People World Want Belief Easy Born Loses Forget This World One Day Comfortable Skins Stranger Changing The World Typical Childlike Smirk Childlike Faith

Book:The Paradise Trilogy

Source: The Paradise Trilogy

“…It’s not that you don’t have the capacity to accept the truth. You don’t want to accept it, and you hide behind your own logic and intelligence while the truth marches by. Step out and join it, for goodness’’ sake! Shout it out in full step! I believe!”

Want Believe I Believe Behinds Accepting Steps Goodness Capacity Logic Sake March Accepting The Truth

Book:Saint: A Paradise Novel

Source: Saint: A Paradise Novel

“That’s it?” Jason asked. “You spent an hour talking about how lucky you were to be dying?” No, not dying, Son. Living.”

Hours Talking Dying Son Lucky Jason Lucky You

Book:The Caleb Collection: Blessed Child and A Man Called Blessed

Source: The Caleb Collection: Blessed Child and A Man Called Blessed

“The slaves were simply turned loose without any property. They were easily recognizable. They were black. They were suddenly free to go exploring.”

Black Property Slave Exploring

Book:Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday!

Source: Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday!

“Imagination is the politics of dreams; imagination turns every word into a bottle rocket. . . . Imagine every day is Independence Day and save us from traveling the river changed; save us from hitchhiking the long road home. Imagine an escape. Imagine that your own shadow on the wall is a perfect door. Imagine a song stronger than penicillin. Imagine a spring with water that mends broken bones. Imagine a drum which wraps itself around your heart. Imagine a story that puts wood in the fireplace.”

“What good is knowledge if it just floats in the air? It goes from computer to computer. It changes and grows every second of every day. But nobody actually knows anything.”

Ifs Knows Grows Air Computer Floats Every Second

Book:White Noise

Source: White Noise

“Without the protection of surliness and levity, all children would be crushed by the past—the past of others, loaded onto their shoulders. Selfishness is their saving grace.”

Children Would Be Past Grace Protection Shoulders Saving Selfishness Crushed Loaded Levity Saving Grace

Book:The Blind Assassin: A Novel

Source: The Blind Assassin: A Novel

“I've seen it before. There are women who spread ruin through no fault of theirs, just by being too beautiful, too ful of life and love. They can't help it. Poeple come to them as people go to a warm fire in winter.”

People Helping Beautiful Fire And Love Faults Winter Spread Warm Ruins Life And Love

Author:Willa Cather

“It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character.”

Source: Catch-22: A Novel

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