Joe Matlock > Joe's Quotes

“Only a real risk tests the reality of a belief.”
― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

“Shepherd Book: What are we up to, sweetheart?
River: Fixing your Bible.
Book: I, um... What?
River: Bible's broken. Contradictions, false logistics - doesn't make sense.
Shepherd Book: No, no. You-you-you can't...
River: So we'll integrate non-progressional evolution theory with God's creation of Eden. Eleven inherent metaphoric parallels already there. Eleven. Important number. Prime number. One goes into the house of eleven eleven times, but always comes out one. Noah's ark is a problem.
Shepherd Book: Really?
River: We'll have to call it early quantum state phenomenon. Only way to fit 5000 species of mammal on the same boat.
Shepherd Book: River, you don't fix the Bible.
River: It's broken. It doesn't make sense.
Book: It's not about making sense. It's about believing in something, and letting that belief be real enough to change your life. It's about faith. You don't fix faith, River. It fixes you.”
― Ben Edlund

“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.”
― C.S. Lewis

“The odd thing about war, it shows who you are, not who you think you are ... most likely, you won't like the truth.”
― Joe Matlock

“When a self-evident truth is presented, don't be surprised when self-centeredness fights back...”
― Joe Matlock

“If your Doctor cannot prove they are the Creator, what right do they have to give you an expiration date? None fight for your right to live. Been on hospice almost 16 years now. No 'man' has any right to say you have less then 6 months to live, no matter what the pages on the wall say. Fight its your right.”
― Debee Sue

“People were meant to be loved,
Things were meant to be used,
the world is in trouble for many use people,
and love things.
Let get it right folks.”
― Debee Sue

“Sometimes the true punishment for miscreants and wrongdoers is having to be the person that they are.”
― Jim Lyon