“These great turning-days of life cast no shadow before, slip by unconsciously. Only a trifle, a little turn of the rudder, and the ship goes to heaven or hell.” LittlesTurnsHeavenHellFateShadowCastsShipsUnconsciousSlipsTriflesRuddersHeaven Or Hell Book:Life in the Iron-Mills Source: Life in the Iron-Mills
“The Master hath called us, in life's early morning, With spirits as fresh as the dew on the sod: We turn from the world, with its smiles and its scorning, To cast in our lot with the people of God.” PeopleWorldSpiritTurnsMorningMastersCastsDewEarly MorningSod Book:Sarah Doudney: Selected Poems and Hymns Source: Sarah Doudney: Selected Poems and Hymns
“Just as the creative artist is not allowed to choose, neither is he permitted to turn his back on anything: a single refusal, and he is cast out of the state of grace and becomes sinful all the way through.” WayStatesArtistTurnsCreativeGraceCastsRefusalCreative ArtCreative Artists Book:Letters on Cézanne Source: Letters on Cézanne
“Maybe life was like a sea, and all the people were like boats ... Everybody who was born was cast into the sea. Winds would blow them in all directions. Tides would rise and turn, in their own rhythm. And the boats - they just went along as best they could, trying to find a harbor.” PeopleLifeTryingTurnsBornSeaWindCastsBlowBoatRhythmTidesHarbors Author:Cynthia Voigt
“The word 'religion' takes on a sinister cast when one examines its root, religare, meaning 'to bind,' which in turn means 'to hold, to make prisoner, to restrain.” MeanReligionTurnsRootsCastsPrisonerSinister Author:Annie Laurie Gaylor