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“Satan prowls but he’s a lion on a leash”

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Ann Voskamp, born on August 10, 1973, is a renowned American author whose works are known for their profound spiritual insights and unique perspectives on life. more

“For the first time in her life Granny wondered whether there might be something important in all these books people were setting store by these days, although she was opposed to books on strict moral grounds, since she had heard that many of them were written by dead people and therefore it stood to reason reading them would be as bad as necromancy. Among the many things in the infinitely varied universe with which Granny did not hold was talking to dead people, who by all accounts had enough troubles of their own.”

“As usual, it occurred to me that words were the only thing that could possibly save me from this situation. This was a characteristic misunderstanding on my part. When action was needed, I was absorbed in words; for words proceeded with such difficulty from my mouth that I was intent on them and forgot all about action. It seemed to me that actions, which are dazzling, varied things, must always be accompanied by equally dazzling and equally varied words.”

Action Situation Needed Mouths Difficulty Characteristics Usual Misunderstanding Save Me Dazzling

Book:The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

Source: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion

“His way had therefore come full circle, or rather had taken the form of an ellipse or a spiral, following as ever no straight unbroken line, for the rectilinear belongs only to Geometry and not to Nature and Life.”

Way Form Lines Taken Following Circles Geometry Spirals Unbroken Full Circle Nature And Life

Author:Hermann Hesse

“What I am in search of is not so much the gratification of a curiosity or a passion for worldly life, but something far less conditional. I do not wish to go out into the world with an insurance policy in my pocket guaranteeing my return in the event of a disappointment, like some cautious traveller who would be content with a brief glimpse of the world. On the contrary, I desire that there should be hazards, difficulties and dangers to face; I am hungry for reality, for tasks and deeds, and also for privation and suffering.”

Source: Magister Ludi

“Nice people don't necessarily fall in love with nice people.”

People Important Funny Fall Nice Falling In Love Witty Divorce Narcissism Idealism Funny Marriage Idealist Nice People

Author:Jonathan Franzen

“The states of birth, suffering, love, and death, are extreme states: extreme, universal, and inescapable. We all know this, but we would rather not know it. The artist is present to correct the delusions to which we are all prey in our attempts to avoid this knowledge." - James Baldwin, "The Creative Process”

Knows States Artist Suffering Process Creative Birth Universal Extremes Delusion Creative Process Prey Love And Death

Author:James A. Baldwin

“All the Chinese have to do is fly around the Moon and back, and they'll appear to have won the return to the Moon with humans. They could put one person on the surface of the Moon for one day and he'd be a national hero.”

Humans Persons Return Hero One Day Moon Surface Chinese The Moon And Back

Author:Buzz Aldrin

“I couldn't talk to people face to face, so I got on stage and started screaming and squealing and twitching.”

People Faces Stage Face To Face Twitching Squealing

Author:David Byrne

“It is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives, along with the command, the love itself.”

World Giving Healing Enemy Goodness Command Hinges Hiding Place

Book:The Hiding Place

Source: The Hiding Place

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