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“We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the earth, chemically. To the rest of the universe atomically.”
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“There’s a difference between being good to someone and being good for them.”
― On Distant Shores
― On Distant Shores
“In writing. Don't use adjectives which merely tell us how you want us to feel about the thing you are describing. I mean, instead of telling us a thing was "terrible," describe it so that we'll be terrified. Don't say it was "delightful"; make us say "delightful" when we've read the description. You see, all those words (horrifying, wonderful, hideous, exquisite) are only like saying to your readers, "Please will you do my job for me."
[Letter to Joan Lancaster, 26 June 1956]”
― Letters to Children
[Letter to Joan Lancaster, 26 June 1956]”
― Letters to Children
“Faith don't come in a bushel basket, Missy. It come one step at a time. Decide to trust Him for one little thing today, and before you know it, you find out He's so trustworthy you be putting your whole life in His hands.”
― Candle in the Darkness
― Candle in the Darkness
“Everybody's heart is like a cup. They stumble from place to place and person to person, trying to get them filled. They get cracked, those cups, and even broken. Some people throw them away, thinking that it will stop the pain. Poor fools. Nobody can fill a cup but Almighty God Himself. Nobody.”
― McKettrick's Pride
― McKettrick's Pride
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