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After decades of night-and-day prayer, I have come to believe that 99 percent of it is just showing up: making the effort to become consciously present to the God who is constantly present to us.
“Just because somebody says something about your character doesn't necessarily mean that it's true. You certainly don't have to come on and live up to those expectations. What someone says can often reveal more about the speaker than the subject.”
― Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
― Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
“I can compare the pencil I am using to write these words (and these words, and these and these) to my own life, because it is sometimes sharp and sometimes dull, because it is getting shorter and shorter the more I use it, and because even when I try to erase things you can still see the marks they left behind.”
― Poison for Breakfast
― Poison for Breakfast
“Burglary’s more fun than socializing, I always say.”
― The Whispering Skull
― The Whispering Skull
“The human body is about 60% water- more than half of each and every one of us. Being a body of water is something you can say about absolutely anyone. So if you are ever asked what a certain person is like and you cannot think of anything nice to say, you can just reply "they're mostly water.”
― Poison for Breakfast
― Poison for Breakfast
“Some people, however, say that they do not eat eggs because they do no like them. This is suspicious. Eggs are tremendously flexible and can be prepared in a variety of ways, all of which are different experiences in one's mouth. If you say you do not like eggs, it is like saying you do not like books or light or wearing a ball gown. It means you simply have not found the right kind.”
― Poison for Breakfast
― Poison for Breakfast
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