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“Her steps quickened. Her breaths came in puffs, her heart pattering against her sternum as she lifted her knees and pumped her tiny arms to keep up. Her stuffed giraffe, Faustine, swung in her grip, its yarn tail tattered and one beaded eye missing. Part of the stuffing in Faustine’s neck had long since been compressed”
― N. Gemini Sasson, Say That Again

“The denial in Article XIX is very important. The framers of the confession are saying unambiguously that confession of belief in the inerrancy of Scripture is not an element of the Christian faith essential for salvation.”
― R.C. Sproul, Can I Trust The Bible?

“Vivian had hoped her father would be in bed by the time she arrived home, but she was never lucky where he was concerned. The wine shop was closed, of course, but the lights were still on in their two”
― Julianne MacLean, A Fire Sparkling

“and she made fun of me for wanting to actually deposit that ridiculous check, her words not mine. “I was thinking that this person must’ve dropped it off in our mailbox”
― Charlotte Byrd, Tell Me to Stop