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“You’re remarkably judgmental.” “What’s the point in having a mind if you don’t use it to make judgments?” “What’s the point in having a heart if you don’t use it to spare others from the harsh judgments of your mind?”
“I'm trying to speak--to write-the truth. I"m trying to be clear. I'm not interested in being fancy, or even original. Clarity and truth will be plenty, if I can only achieve them.”
― Parable of the Sower
― Parable of the Sower
“There is no power in having strength and brains, and yet waiting for God to fix things for you or take revenge for you.”
― Parable of the Sower
― Parable of the Sower
“So I preached from Luke, chapter eighteen, verses one through eight: the parable of the importunate widow. It’s one I’ve always liked. A widow is so persistent in her demands for justice that she overcomes the resistance of a judge who fears neither God nor man. She wears him down. Moral: The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn’t always safe, but it’s often necessary.”
― Parable of the Sower
― Parable of the Sower
“Intelligence is ongoing, individual adaptability. Adaptations that an intelligent species may make in a single generation, other species make over many generations of selective breeding and selective dying.”
― Parable of the Sower
― Parable of the Sower
“That’s all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don’t know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won’t matter if we don’t survive these times.”
― Parable of the Sower
― Parable of the Sower
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Mary’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mary’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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