were each sixteen when chosen to dance together, and while it may be said that men chose us, it is truer still to say that God hath chosen. We grew into each other's lives, and there was never such love as ours. Though he forgot and left
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“This is another persistent myth: that Highlanders supported Bonnie Prince Charlie out of some ancient, mystical loyalty to the Stuarts. The truth was that the alliance between the Crown and the clan chieftains was one of mutual self-interest.”
― How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything In It
― How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything In It
“The dog is the most faithful of animals and would be much esteemed were it not so common. Our Lord God has made His greatest gifts the commonest.”
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“Brothers, the Scriptures tell us that in the Church "you have come" (right now!) to these seven sublime realities: 1) to the city of God, 2) to myriads of angels, 3) to fellow believers, 4) to God, 5) to the Church Triumphant, 6) to Jesus, and 7) to forgiveness! If this does not create a wellspring of thanksgiving in your hearts and a longing for fellowship in the visible Church, nothing will!”
― Disciplines of a Godly Man
― Disciplines of a Godly Man
“A bronchogram, or a cast, of our respiratory “tree” is indistinguishable from the shape of a bare oak tree.”
― Reforesting Faith: What Trees Teach Us About the Nature of God and His Love for Us
― Reforesting Faith: What Trees Teach Us About the Nature of God and His Love for Us
“In joined hands there is still some token of hope, in the clinched fist none.”
― The Toilers of the Sea
― The Toilers of the Sea
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