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Their Eyes Were Watching God

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“The truth that people are only as good as the world lets them be. You’re not inherently good and I’m not inherently bad. We’re just working through the cards life dealt us. So putting you in this position, dealing you these cards—what does ...more

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“The teaching of celibacy was created neither by the Church Fathers nor by the later Church leaders, as most people believe.”
― Danail Hristov, Celibacy: a Godsend or a Life-Undermining Practice

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“It is not difficult to see that if everyone were to follow Paul’s personal example of celibacy, his idea of holiness, and his dream of celibate society, the human race would in no time be wiped off the face of the Earth.”
― Danail Hristov

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“....time remembered does not flow smoothly at all. If you are going to imagine sand seeping through an hourglass, then you'd do better to think of it as having grown damp, somehow. Instead of memories trickling through in an orderly fashion, there are long, sticky periods when nothing happens at all, followed by a sudden whoosh in which certain events burst forth in vivid, granular detail.”
― Kate Weinberg, The Truants

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“Home is where they want you to stay longer.”
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“So much of life was the peeling away of illusions.”
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