Wilhelmine 103 Quotes & Sayings

To believe in God is a good thing, a right thing. But when you reinforce your belief with words you take from the Old Testament that you seek out, and interpret in the ways that suit your needs best, that is hypocrisy, — V.C. Andrews

The most consistent versions of materialism deny the reality of anything beyond matter - no soul, no spirit, no will, no mind. This is called reductionism: Humans are reduced to biochemical machines. — Nancy Pearcey

For as long as I can remember, I've been passionate about music. I can't recall a time when I didn't have music playing in my head. — Geoff Zanelli

The official strategy is defensive pessimism, always. — Veronica Roth

Our practical faith in progress has ramified and hardened into an ideology
a secular religion which, like the religions that progress has challenged, is blind to certain flaws in its credentials. Progress, therefore, has become 'myth' in the anthropological sense. By this I do not mean a belief that is flimsy or untrue. Successful myths are powerful and often partly true. [ ... ] The myth of progress has sometimes served us well
those of us seated at the best tables, anyway
and may continue to do so. [ ... ] Progress has an internal logic that can lead beyond reason to catastrophe. (4-5) — Ronald Wright

A sad smile crossed her face, and I knew right then what she was trying to tell me. Her eyes never left mine as she finally said the words that numbed my soul.
I'm dying, Landon. — Nicholas Sparks

it's even harder to talk about girls who have died young: by dying, they stay young forever. — Haruki Murakami

I'm not stupid, stupid. Leave this whole thing in my extremely capable and well-manicured hands. I'll call you later with an update. Bye! — P.C. Cast

They can't hurt us, you big babies! We're intangible! Why are you guys acting like you just died yesterday? — Brian K. Vaughan

Fish where the fish are. Don't — J.R. Little

Our lives will be measured by what we do for others — Albert Einstein

Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. — Charles R. Swindoll

Everybody is supposed to be a part of their own community. — Jill Scott