The winds of destiny are blowing, Siuan, and we must ride them where they take us.”
“At night you lie on your soft sleeping bag listening to the trees and wind talking to the night while the stars spin their slow but constant dervish.”
― Walking Man: The Secret Life of Colin Fletcher
― Walking Man: The Secret Life of Colin Fletcher
“(In Catholic universities, a doctorate in theology is not referred to as a PhD but as an STD, Doctor of Sacred Theology. It’s an unfortunate name for a degree. It must be hard for someone’s mother to say, “I’m so proud of my little boy. He went to seminary and got an STD.”)”
― Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim’s Tale
― Chasing Francis: A Pilgrim’s Tale
“Is maith an scáthán súil charad!” Juniper replied ruefully. “A friend’s eye is a good mirror!”
― Dies the Fire
― Dies the Fire
“Even before The Walk was finished, he no longer wanted any part of the tinsels and money-thrust of Homo oblivious.”
― Walking Man: The Secret Life of Colin Fletcher
― Walking Man: The Secret Life of Colin Fletcher
“I’m not quite sure what it means to “believe in Jesus” without believing in the Jesus way.)”
― A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace
― A Farewell to Mars: An Evangelical Pastor's Journey Toward the Biblical Gospel of Peace
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