Alan Tomkins

“He flung off his stupor and began to think. He strove not to give way to emotion, but to stand face to face with circumstances. To look fortune in the face is the duty of every one not an idiot;”
― Victor Hugo, The Man Who Laughs

“Father in heaven, thank You for giving me the power to delete negative, discouraging thoughts that come to contaminate my thinking. Equip me with the truth and help me to become an expert at hitting the delete button. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.”
― Joel Osteen, Daily Readings from Think Better, Live Better: 90 Devotions to a Victorious Life

“The Underground Railroad was, in many ways, a seminal movement in American history, one that deserves far more recognition than it has received. It was a kind of prelude to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and it offered lessons in social activism, political resistance, and moral courage that continue to inspire Americans today.”
― Fergus M. Bordewich, Bound For Canaan: The Epic Story Of The Underground Railroad, America's First Ci

“My priest friend Tom said you can safely assume you've created God in your own image
when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”
― Tom Weston