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181 " Now to tell ya about our fellow inmates. Pay attention because there are a bunch of us an’ we each have a story. "

― Jason Medina , No Hope for the Hopeless at Kings Park

182 " There is no less holiness at this time- as you are reading this- than there was on the day the Red Sea parted, or that day in the 30th year, in the 4th month, on the 5th day of the month as Ezekiel was a captive by the river Cheban, when the heavens opened and he saw visions of god. There is no whit less enlightenment under the tree at the end of your street than there was under Buddha’s bo tree…. In any instant the sacred may wipe you with its finger. In any instant the bush may flare, your feet may rise, or you may see a bunch of souls in trees. "

― Annie Dillard , For the Time Being

183 " Aryans?" I asked, thinking I must have heard the word incorrectly.Christian and Allie nodded." Aryans as in white supremacist, those sorts of Aryans?" " Yes," Christian said." Neo-Nazis?" My mind was having a hard time grasping the idea of a power-hungry vampire leading an army of Hitler's Youth. " Skinheads and their ilk?" " Hasi, what is it you find so unbelievable?" Adrian asked, a smile in his voice." Oh, I don't know. I guess I just expected that any army Saer raised would be… you know… the evil undead." Everyone just looked at me. " Oh, yeah, I guess you're right. Neo-Nazis are more or less the evil undead. Right. So we have Saer about to attack at any moment with a bunch of goose-stepping Nazis. Great. Anyone here do a really good Winston Churchill impression? "

184 " If you ever want to see heaven, watch a bunch of young girls play. They are all sweat and skinned knees. Energy and open faces. "

― Amy Poehler , Yes Please

185 " I don’t think of it that way. Besides, it’s only temporary. Once Dad sees that—

That what? That the idiot who kidnapped you, stole you again, and made you an accomplice to a bunch of criminals, still calls you his? Something tells me that you being on the honor roll ain’t gonna change him wanting to string me up. "

― Amanda Lance , Conviction (Wanted, #2)

186 " Take a bunch of teenage boys from the whitest, safest suburb in America and plunk them down in a place where their friends are murdered and they are constantly attacked and threatened, " writes Leovy in Ghettoside. " Signal that no one cares, and fail to solve murders. Limit their options for escape. Then see what happens. "

187 " When God says he doesn't see a man, the logical question would be to ask, what then does he see? In my thinking, I believe the word that best describes what God sees in the absence of a man is a bunch of flesh – biological masses. There is a word that might best fit the description of what God sees when he looks at the earth, the word is BIOMASS or BIOMASSES. "

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188 " You telling me God love you, and you ain't never done nothing for him? I mean, not go to church, sing in the choir, feed the preacher and all like that?
But if God love me, Celie, I don't have to do all that. Unless I want to. There's a lot of other things I can do that I speck God likes.
Like what? I ast.
Oh, she say. I can lay back and just admire stuff. Be happy. Have a good time.
Well, this sounds like blasphemy sure nuff.
She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God. "

― Alice Walker , The Color Purple

189 " All our time spent making lists would be better spent painting, or writing, Or singing, or learning to speak stories. Sometimes I feel as though the Church has a kind of pity for Scripture, Always having to come behind it and explain everything, put everything into actionable steps, acronyms and hidden secrets, as though the original writers, and for that matter the Holy Spirit Who worked in the lives of the original writers, were a bunch of you literate hillbillies. I think the methodology God used to explain His Truth is quite superior. My life is a story, more than a list. I don't feel that a list could ever explain the complexity of all this beauty. "

― Donald Miller , Searching for God Knows What

190 " We laughed about all the kids who believed in the Santa myth and got nothing for Christmas but a bunch of cheap plastic toys. " Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten," Dad said, " you'll still have your stars. "

191 " I don't like the way our community throws the word around like it's water, because it's a derogatory term. A lot of times people come up to me and say, " What's up my nigger?" I'll respond, " Nah, wait a minute. What?" " Oh, oh, what's up my brother?" Sometimes you have to check people, because if it gets loose with us then white people will start to use it. I know a bunch of white people that started to get lax so I had to check them. Some black people were afraid to check them because they thought it was cool. You can never turn that word around and make it cool Nigger is just derogatory, it's wrong, and it's a fucked up term. It's not a word of love, Yo, what's up my nigger?" Fuck that. You can't turn the word puss around. Go around and say, " What's up pussy" to a brother. He'll try to kill you. " What's up dickhead?" You can't turn that around, so you can't turn nigger around as hard as you try. "

192 " The vicar's handshake was warm and reassuring, but shaking hands with Mavis was like clutching a bunch of dead twigs. "

193 " Capitalism is rotten at every level, and yet it adds up to something extraordinarily useful for society over time. The paradox of capitalism is that adding a bunch of bad-sounding ideas together creates something incredible that is far more good than bad. Capitalism inspires people to work hard, to take reasonable risks, and to create value for customers. On the whole, capitalism channels selfishness in a direction that benefits civilization, not counting a few fat cats who have figured out how to game the system. You have the same paradox with personal energy. If you look at any individual action that boosts your personal energy, it might look like selfishness. Why are you going skiing when you should be working at the homeless shelter, you selfish bastard! My proposition is that organizing your life to optimize your personal energy will add up to something incredible that is more good than bad. "

194 " I had worked my way through a thousand problems, like when the tar paper bulged on the corners so I used a strap wrapped around the whole house and ratcheted it tight to attach the trim; I had figured that out without using a book, and that was just one of a bunch of ideas that had saved the day. I liked it; I was falling in love with the way my kneecaps knew how to hold a piece of plywood halfway up till I could grab the underside with my hand. I like the way the little house was taking shape, and the way it seemed to double-dog dare me to step in... move in. "

― Dee Williams