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“Beauty, to me is about being comfortable in your own skin.”

“Beauty, without kindness, dies unenjoyed and undelighting.”

“Beauty—or the desire to be beautiful—is in itself a dangerous motivation. Someone (I forgot who) once said, ‘Does the person who loves someone for their beauty really love them?’ So don’t focus on beauty ... a respectable appearance is sufficient to make people more interested in your soul. It is the sum of our experiences that makes us interesting, and having been through a time in your life in which you were in a bad place (or what you perceived as a bad place) physically, can be useful. It can even be necessary.”

“Beauvoir left their home wanting to call his wife and tell her how much he loved her, and then tell her what he believed in, and his fears and hopes and disappointments. To talk about something real and meaningful. He dialed his cell phone and got her. But the words got caught somewhere south of his throat. Instead he told her the weather had cleared, and she told him about the movie she'd rented. Then they both hung up.”

“Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago. Ants, and honey-bees, provide food for winter; but just in the same way they did, when Solomon referred the sluggard to them as patterns of prudence. Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.”

“Bebe el que está en ayunas para fortalecerse; bebe el que ha ganado en sus ventas, de alegría; el que ha perdido, para consuelo; el que alcanzo el sí de la dulcinea, para celebrarlo; el de los nones, para olvidar; el despechado, por despecho; el vicioso, por el vicio; el minero, porque vendió bien el oro; éste, porque le birlaron en el empleo; el otro, porque lo birló; beben unos, porque hace frío; otros, porque llueve; y porque hace calor y para sanar del dolor de la barriga. Bebe el que tiene que irse, porque se va; el que tiene que quedarse, porque se queda; éste, por acompañar a aquel; aquel, por acompañar a este; beben los amigos que se encuentran y los que se despiden; los que tienen disgustos domésticos y los que tienen ofensas que vengar; bebe el viejo octogenario y el mozo apenas salido de la infancia; bebe el que está triste y el que está alegre (tomado de El palacio de la felicidad)”

“Bebeste o primeiro trago do vinho; provaste uma vez do fruto proibido. Já conheces o amor dessa mulher: é um gozo tão agudo e incisivo que não sabes se é dor ou delícia; não sabes se te revolves entre gelo ou no meio das chamas. Parece que dos seus lábios borbulham lavas embebidas em mel; que o ligeiro buço que lhe cobre a pele acetinada se eriça, como espinhos de rosa através das pétalas macias; que o seu dente de pérola te dilacera as carnes deixando bálsamo nas feridas. Parece enfim que essa mulher te sufoca nos seus braços, te devora e absorve para cuspir-te imediatamente e com asco nos beijos que atira-te à face!”

“Becaise I love God, I want to handle his truth with accuracy, clarity, and specificity. I want to build bridges of understanding from the wisdom of the Word to the details of people's lives. And because I love people, I will not be satisfied with lobbing grenades of general truth at them. Rather, through good questions, committed listening, and careful interpretation, I will enter their world with the understanding necessary to bring Christ's help to where it is really needed.”

“Because (grandparents) are usually free to love and guide and befriend the young without having to take daily responsibility for them, they can often reach out past pride and fear of failure and close the space between generations.”