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“When a man truly sees himself, he knows nobody can say anything about him that is too bad.”
― Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
― Studies in the Sermon on the Mount
“Being a “friend of sinners” is an accusation that Christians should wear as a badge of honor, for nothing could honor Jesus more, and nothing is more revealing of who God actually is.”
― Leaving Religion, Following Jesus
― Leaving Religion, Following Jesus
“To stop us reading forbidden books they will have to burn every manuscript. But to stop us thinking forbidden thoughts they will have to cut off our heads.”
― The Queen's Fool
― The Queen's Fool
“There are only two ways, really, to become a writer. One is to write. The other is to read.”
― How Reading Changed My Life
― How Reading Changed My Life
“What happened to the classics?" you may ask. "Don't you believe in reading great literature to children?"
Nothing happened to the classics-but something happened to children: their imaginations went to sleep in front of the television set twenty-five years ago. Reading a classic to a child whose imagination is in a state of retarded development will not foster a love of literature in that child.”
― The Read-Aloud Handbook
Nothing happened to the classics-but something happened to children: their imaginations went to sleep in front of the television set twenty-five years ago. Reading a classic to a child whose imagination is in a state of retarded development will not foster a love of literature in that child.”
― The Read-Aloud Handbook
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