This book is about the search for solid foundations – certain truths on which to build your worldview. After searching, I've discovered them. Certain foundations are both necessary and inescapable. I will explain these qualities in Chapter
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“How can you read and talk at the same time?” I asked.
“Well, I usually can’t, but neither the book nor the conversation is particularly intellectually challenging.”
― Looking for Alaska
“Well, I usually can’t, but neither the book nor the conversation is particularly intellectually challenging.”
― Looking for Alaska
“Love gives you wings. Icarus and the Challenger both had wings, and so did my first love letter, after I folded it up and flung it at my crush.
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― This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks
― This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks
“I have a handful of prayers that I pray all the time... One is that God will put my books into the right hands at the right times. I've prayed this prayer thousands of times, and God has answered it in dramatic fashion countless times. The right book in the right hands at the right time can save a marriage, avert a mistake, demand a decision, plant a seed, conceive a dream, solve a problem, and prompt a prayer. That is why I write. And that's why, for me, a book sold is not a book sold; a book sold is a prayer answered. I don't know the name and situation of every reader, but God does, and that's all that matters.”
― Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge
― Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge
“The female heart is a labyrinth of subtleties, too challenging for the uncouth mind of the male racketeer. If you really want to possess a woman, you must think like her, and the first thing to do is to win over her soul. The rest, that sweet, soft wrapping that steals away your senses and your virtue, is a bonus.”
― The Shadow of the Wind
― The Shadow of the Wind
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