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This part of town needed a rainstorm with a temper.
“Perhaps that was what the war was really about. Twas an entire nation of runaways, America in 1861, and your place in society depended on what you had run from and when. Perhaps General McClellan was right that the war was not really about slavery. Perhaps it was a struggle between the dreams of men who would run no more.”
― Faded Coat of Blue
― Faded Coat of Blue
“Being called upon to do something because you're good at it is not the same thing as having a calling.”
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“The darker the night the brighter the stars. The deeper the grief the closer is God.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“As they carried along and met more people Furlong did and did not know, he found himself asking was there any point in being alive without helping one another? Was it possible to carry on along through all the years, the decades, through an entire life, without once being brave enough to go against what was there and yet call yourself a Christian, and face yourself in the mirror?”
― Small Things Like These
― Small Things Like These
“Knowledge is our gift.
Understanding is our blessing.
Wisdom is our fortune.
Enlightenment is our reward.
Art is our gift.
Science is our blessing.
Technology is our fortune.
God is our reward.
Time is our gift.
Light is our blessing.
Fate is our fortune.
Nature is our reward.
Land is our gift.
Water is our blessing.
Air is our fortune.
Life is our reward.
Mothers are our gift.
Youth are our blessing.
Elders are our fortune.
Children are our reward.
The past is our gift.
The present is our blessing.
The future is our fortune.
Eternity is our reward.
The mind is our gift.
The heart is our blessing.
The body is our fortune.
The soul is our reward.
Faith is our gift.
Joy is our blessing.
Virtue is our fortune.
Love is our reward.”
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Understanding is our blessing.
Wisdom is our fortune.
Enlightenment is our reward.
Art is our gift.
Science is our blessing.
Technology is our fortune.
God is our reward.
Time is our gift.
Light is our blessing.
Fate is our fortune.
Nature is our reward.
Land is our gift.
Water is our blessing.
Air is our fortune.
Life is our reward.
Mothers are our gift.
Youth are our blessing.
Elders are our fortune.
Children are our reward.
The past is our gift.
The present is our blessing.
The future is our fortune.
Eternity is our reward.
The mind is our gift.
The heart is our blessing.
The body is our fortune.
The soul is our reward.
Faith is our gift.
Joy is our blessing.
Virtue is our fortune.
Love is our reward.”
―
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