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Jim’s Quotes

“That can’t be right, I thought as my head dropped and my chin pressed against my throat. I didn’t do it!”
― Steven Decker, INNOCENT AGAIN: A LEGAL THRILLER

tags: betrayal, dramatic, fiction, fiction-novel, intrigue, investigation, mystery, noir-mystery, suspense, thriller

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“It is in the giving up of self that human beings can find the most ecstatic and lasting, solid, durable joy of life. And it is death that provides life with all its meaning. This “secret” is the central wisdom of religion. The process of giving up the self (which is”
― M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled: A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth

10 likes

“It doesn’t matter how smart you are or what you know; if you learn to put those two things together, to let your pain drive your talent, you can become the best at anything you do in life.”
― Vernon Davis, Playing Ball: Life Lessons from My Journey to the Super Bowl and Beyond

tags: encouraging, experiences, hopeful, life, life-skills, motivating, reality, self-healing, wisdom, wise

270 likes

“Deliverance is not scary—it is the most beautiful, loving act of Jesus. It is the moment someone finally walks into the freedom that was always meant for them.”
― Kathryn Krick, Unlock Your Deliverance: Keys to Freedom From Demonic Oppression

tags: destiny, focus, god, grow, learn, love, peace, spirit, teaching, views

679 likes

“You have a peace about you. You have a wisdom. You have a way of living life that kicks my butt and pushes me around, and it beats me out of my idiocy and narrow-mindness. You, Addy, you, have shown me what life is all about”
― Heath Sommer

tags: the-manufactured-identity

581 likes

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