“Self-sufficiency is the enemy of salvation. If you are self-sufficient, you have no need of God. If you have no need of God, you do not seek Him. If you do not seek Him, you will not find Him.”
― Shadowlands: A Play
― Shadowlands: A Play
“Yes, very sensible... People die of common sense, Dorian, one lost moment at a time. Life is a moment. There is no hereafter. So make it burn always with the hardest flame.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something. That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.”
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“Always resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honour and duty. Elinor, where is your heart?”
― Sense and Sensibility
― Sense and Sensibility
“I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be...yours.”
― Sense and Sensibility
― Sense and Sensibility
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