Laura Blackstone’s Profile

“I'm not sure I'm ready for another big research project just yet," I said.
Oh Yeah?" he said, handing me one of the beers. "What else you going to do? You can't fix nothing , you never worked a day in your life. The only thing you know how to do is hang out with niggers like us."
I nearly choked on my beer when he summarized my capacities so succinctly - and, for the most part accurately.”
― Sudhir Venkatesh, Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets

“Learning to pray doesn't offer us a less busy life; it offersus aless busy heart.”
― Paul E. Miller, A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World

“We have an allergic reaction to dependency, but this is the state of the heart most necessary for a praying life. A need heart is a praying heart. Dependency is the heartbeat of prayer.”
― Paul E. Miller, A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World