John L. Fear > Quotes

“In the meantime, Mary's mother continued to stock her daughter's 'bottom drawer' which she started when Mary was only five years old.  When we got engaged the 'drawer' was already well stocked but by the time we got married it was more like a well-endowed wardrobe. ”
― John L Fear, Exclusive Pedigree: My life in and out of the Brethren

“Two hints that I remember concerned the growing of potatoes and runner beans. Seed potatoes were very scarce so we saved and planted any potato peelings that possessed one or more eyes. We also over wintered and planted the tubers of runner bean plants. Both these ideas produced rather lower yields than by the more usual method”
― John L. Fear, Exclusive Pedigree: My life in and out of the Brethren

“Splits and schisms were already endemic but the Exclusive movement had now become more introverted, stressing separation not only from the world but from other Christians. All members are expected to have unwavering allegiance to the cult.”
― John L. Fear, Exclusive Pedigree: My life in and out of the Brethren

“I have come to the inescapable conclusion, far too late in life, that it is better to be loving than to be right.”
― John L. Fear, Exclusive Pedigree: My life in and out of the Brethren

“Ruth revealed to one journalist that when Billy was alone at home his favourite meal consisted of baked beans, Vienna sausages and canned tomatoes.”
― John L. Fear, Exclusive Pedigree: My life in and out of the Brethren

“cult. C.S. Lewis wrote perceptively on this subject in his Screwtape Letters (published by Geoffrey Bles, 1947), ".... All extremes, except extreme devotion to the Enemy (God), are to be encouraged. Any small coterie, bound together by some interest, which other men dislike or ignore, tends to develop inside itself a hothouse of mutual admiration.”
― John L. Fear, Exclusive Pedigree: My life in and out of the Brethren

“One of the characteristics of a cult is its ability to keep its adherents preoccupied with the activities of the cult and the teachings of its undisputed leader. The Exclusives qualified on both counts. The feeling”
― John L. Fear, Exclusive Pedigree: My life in and out of the Brethren