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“I prefer open hostility to the poisonous silence of supposed neutrality or the empty lip service of performative solidarity.”
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“When a person denies his conscience for too long, it can become seared. That person becomes susceptible to receiving and accepting all sorts of harmful and evil things. This is true for both believers and unbelievers. A seared conscience will open a person up to demonic spirits and activities.”
― ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House
― ONE: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House
“One word of caution, though, should you ever buy commercial worms. If you go into a backwoods gas station and find a large, rough-looking woman behind the cash register, don’t ask, “Do you have worms?” My friend Retch Sweeney did that a while back. He should get out of his full-body cast any day now.”
― The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories
― The Horse in My Garage and Other Stories
“The invention of the ship was also the invention of the shipwreck”
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“One reason diplomats have so much trouble coming to any kind of agreement is that they sit in soft chairs around a large table with yellow pads in front of them to doodle on. They're too comfortable for serious negotiation. My theory is that world peace could be achieved in short order if the diplomats were made to hunker out in a barnyard and draw their proposals on the ground with sticks.
For hundreds of years, hunters have employed the hunker successfully in negotiating with farmers for permission to hunt their property. I myself am an expert hunkerer and would be willing to teach the technique free of charge to both Russian and American diplomats, just so we can get the present mess straightened out in a hurry.”
― The Grasshopper Trap
For hundreds of years, hunters have employed the hunker successfully in negotiating with farmers for permission to hunt their property. I myself am an expert hunkerer and would be willing to teach the technique free of charge to both Russian and American diplomats, just so we can get the present mess straightened out in a hurry.”
― The Grasshopper Trap
K.M. Weiland's Read 100 Books in 2016 Challenge
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So here's something kinda fun that just happened: After learning that I read about 100 books every year, one of my readers teased me into promising h ...more
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