Not Helpful Quotes

“Intelligence is not expecting people to understand what your intent is; it is anticipating how it will be perceived.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“The most spiritual people I’ve ever met were not “givers” they were communicators. You don’t give people crumbs. You give them the whole piece of bread when that is what they are asking for, in order to be healed. Christ was never about hiding behind a Facebook page, an email, a prayer circle, a bible, or a church. He was about talking, listening and healing-- face to face. He walked among sinners and ate with them. He devoted his time to people that were brokenhearted, difficult to like and fake as the religious beliefs they clung to. So, why is it that so many people profess to believe in Christ, yet they have forgotten what real love is----communicating?”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Spiros and the other guards move in front of us, clearing a path to the gangway—a thick wooden plank leading from our ship to theirs. The sight of it makes my stomach clench and I imagine all the ways I could topple off it. Spiros crosses first, the plank rattling beneath his feet with each step he takes, though he hardly seems to notice it. He’s done this before, of course. So has Søren—I’m the only one new at this.

“If it helps,” Søren murmurs to me, “I’ve never seen anyone fall off a gangway unless someone pushed them.”

“Thank you,” I reply dryly, before taking my first step onto the rickety plank.”
― Laura Sebastian, Lady Smoke