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“Your mother says that to justify the fact that she isn’t being fair to you,” Mrs. Grace said calmly. “Which is mostly what people mean when they say ‘life isn’t fair.’ It isn’t, which is why people should endeavor to be more fair to one another, not less.”
― The Briar Club
― The Briar Club
“and a nation where you can’t ask questions is one that is going downhill.”
― The Briar Club
― The Briar Club
“By humbling themselves, they allow the Lord to exalt them on his timetable and in his way.
I fear that those embracing culture war will slide into the mentality of self-exaltation inevitable after conquest. If the victor both receives the spoils and is the one to write history, how can pride not follow?”
― Your Jesus Is Too American: Calling the Church to Reclaim Kingdom Values over the American Dream
I fear that those embracing culture war will slide into the mentality of self-exaltation inevitable after conquest. If the victor both receives the spoils and is the one to write history, how can pride not follow?”
― Your Jesus Is Too American: Calling the Church to Reclaim Kingdom Values over the American Dream
“Potato pancakes, Claire reflected, were the food of love—meaning, they were such a colossal pain in the ass to make that no one would ever take the trouble except for love.”
― The Briar Club
― The Briar Club
“What if bewilderment at social choreography is the only true thing happening in the room? What if decorum doesn’t grease the machine but grinds it to a halt? I’ve never lived in a world where we all say what we actually mean and feel and think and believe and want. Maybe she is the one standing in integrity and the rest of us are just following the damn script.”
― Awake: A Memoir
― Awake: A Memoir
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