“When we turn the Bible into an adjective and stick it in front of another loaded word, we tend to ignore or downplay the parts of the Bible that don’t quite fit our preferences and presuppositions. In an attempt to simplify, we force the Bible’s cacophony of voices into a single tone and turn a complicated, beautiful, and diverse holy text into a list of bullet points we can put in a manifesto or creed. More often than not, we end up more committed to what we want the Bible to say than what it actually says.” WantEndsBeautifulTurnsForceVoiceFrontsFitHolySticksCommittedComplicatedListsToneCreedsDiverseBulletsPreferenceSimplifyLoadedAdjectivesManifestosCacophony Author:Rachel Held Evans
“There are stages in bread-making quite similar to the stages of writing. You begin with something shapeless, which sticks to your fingers, a kind of paste. Gradually that paste becomes more and more firm. Then there comes a point when it turns rubbery. Finally, you sense that the yeast has begun to do its work: the dough is alive. Then all you have to do is let it rest. But in the case of a book the work may take ten years.” WritingYearsKindMayBookTurnsCasesAliveStageTenSticksFingersBreadFirmDoughYeast Author:Marguerite Yourcenar
“I think comics will always be around. I think there's something nice about a comic book. People love to hold 'em, turn the pages, fold 'em up, roll 'em up, stick 'em in their back pocket, show 'em to a friend, and say, "Hey, look at this."” PeopleThinkingLooksBookShowsTurnsNicePagesSticksHeyComicPocketsEmsComic BookFolds Author:Stan Lee
“If any of my competitors were drowning, I'd stick a hose in their mouth and turn on the water. It is ridiculous to call this an industry. This is not. This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I'll kill 'em, and I'm going to kill 'em before they kill me. You're talking about the American way - of survival of the fittest.” IfsWayTurnsWaterTalkingDogIndustrySurvivalMouthsSticksRidiculousEmsRatsCompetitorsKill MeDrowningTurn-onSurvival Of The Fittest Author:Ray Kroc
“Love is the reason why my mother and father stick together in a hard life when they might each have an easier one apart; love is the reason why you choose a life with someone, and you don't turn back although your heart cries sometimes and your children see you cry and you wish out loud that things were easier. Love is getting up each day and fighting the same fight only to sleep that night in the same bed beside the same person because long ago, when you were younger and you did not see so clearly, you had chosen them.” HeartChildrenPersonsLongSometimesHardReasonMightTogetherMotherNightTurnsFightingFatherWishSleepLove IsCryEasierBedOur ChildrenSticksChosenLoudReason WhyYour ChildrenEach DayYou ChooseLong AgoMother And FatherHard Life Author:Kao Kalia Yang
“It is with artworks as it is with wine: it is much better when we do not need either one, when we stick with water, and when out of our own inner fire, the inner sweetness of our own soul, we turn the water over and over again into wine ourselves.” NeedsArtSoulTurnsWaterFireWineSticksSweetnessArtworkTransubstantiation Author:Friedrich Nietzsche