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181 " But love is a difficult thing to kill. Actually, it’s the only thing in this universe or any other that you can’t kill. No weapon that has ever been made can put a dent in it. You might punch it, stab it, whip it, and hang it out to dry—you can even drive a spear through it, pierce its very heart. But all you’re going to get is blood and water, because love gives birth to love. "
― Charles Martin , The Water Keeper (Murphy Shepherd #1)
182 " How many times had I wanted to scream the same way? To purge myself and release the pain in my soul. But somehow, I never had. Maybe those who felt free to do so were only those who didn't posses the guilt of having put the pain there in the first place. "
― Charles Martin , When Crickets Cry
183 " This whole exchange is better when two people do it. it's called 'kissing'. It's when your lips speak what your heart feels. Or have you forgotten how? I laughed. I might have. It's been a long time. "
― Charles Martin , Send Down the Rain
184 " Granted, there are a lot of folks whose fires die out, I get that, but I also think there are a lot of couples out there who have been married thirty, forty, fifty years that know a whole lot more about the loving part of marriage than we give them credit for. We think we’re young, we’ve got the monopoly on passion.” I shook my head. “Not so sure. They might give Dr. Phil a run for his money. "
― Charles Martin , The Mountain Between Us
185 " You’re skinny.” “It’s this crash weight loss diet I’ve been trying out. "
186 " Could you wash Judas’s feet? "
― Charles Martin , What If It's True?: A Storyteller’s Journey with Jesus
187 " Thinking about life and how short it is. How we’re always just a breath away from overturned in the ditch with a fireman cutting you out with the Jaws of Life. It was just one of those moments where I knew, really knew, that life is not guaranteed. That I take it for granted. I wake up each day thinking I’ll wake up tomorrow, too. It’s not necessarily true. "
188 " Pessimist, are you?” “I’m a doctor. That makes me an optimist with realistic notions. "
189 " The requirement is that we turn back. Pivot on our heels and put one foot in front of the other. "
― Charles Martin , Long Way Gone
190 " We’re different, all right. But I enjoy him. He makes me laugh. And we have a lot in common.”“People go to the rescue shelter and choose dogs for similar reasons. Not seventy-year soul mates.”“Okay, Dr. Phil, what reason would you choose?”“Love.”She shook her head. “That kind only happens to the select few. The rest of us better get what we can while we can. Otherwise…”“Otherwise what?”“Otherwise we end up waiting on a fairy tale that never comes true. "
191 " But if you start making money at the expense of why you do what you do, or why you were given this gift in the first place, then you need to ask yourself how badly you want that money. In the end, the cost might be more than you can pay. "
192 " Back home, I went to my closet and pulled out the old engineer’s transit case stored there. When we were kids, Emma and I had found it in the attic, dusty and empty, and the leather strap used to carry it had a small cut in it. The tag on the top of the wooden-hinged lid read Circa 1907. It was mostly weatherproof and offered plenty of room for the things I valued—like books. "
193 " I do know this—this right here is just prelude. Dress rehearsal. The intro. One of these days each one of us is going to get called up and given the chance to join our voices in a song we’ve never heard, yet one we’ve known our whole lives. "
194 " grow back. It’s not a lizard’s tail. It’s more like a huge stained glass that shattered into a million pieces, and it’s not going back together. Least not the way it was. You can mush it all into one piece, but that doesn’t make it a window. That makes it a pile of broken colored glass. Shattered hearts don’t mend and they don’t heal. They just don’t work that way. "
195 " I’m sorry I ever thought about eating you. "
196 " Su lazda ar akmeniu galima sulaužyti kaulus, bet jei nori ką nors įskaudinti...labai smarkiai, rinkis žodžius. "
197 " Augustine said it best: You stir man to take pleasure in praising You, because You have made us for Yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in You. "
198 " I was in the process of zooming in when the screen on the GPS flickered to black. I tapped it on the side, as "
199 " All hearts stop, Annie. What matters is what you do with it while it’s still pumping. "
200 " It was often what Charlie didn’t say that spoke the loudest. "