“It is in meeting the great tests that mankind can most successfully rise to great heights. Out of danger and restless insecurity comes the force that pushes mankind to newer and loftier conquests. Can you understand that? Can you understand that in averting the pitfalls and miseries that beset man, Eternity prevents men from finding their own bitter and better solutions, the real solutions that come from conquering difficulty, not avoiding it?”
― The End of Eternity
― The End of Eternity
“But Paris, all in all, isn't what it used o be, ever since that pencil sharpener, the Eiffel Tower, has been sticking up in the distance, visible from every angle.”
― The Prague Cemetery
― The Prague Cemetery
“Just like the sun coming up yonder out of the sea, pushing rays of light ahead of it.”
― Johnny Tremain
― Johnny Tremain
“There is a God...... And she loves everyone.”
― A Battle of Angels
― A Battle of Angels
“Nativity sets, trees, lights—what’s your favorite Christmas decoration? Mine is my Nativity set buffet in my home.”
― Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir
― Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir
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