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blemished QUOTES

1 " I don't know if anyone's ever told you this" , he begins. He doesn't blush, and his eyes don't dart away. Instead I find myself staring into a pair of oceans - one perfect, the other blemished by that tiny ripple. " You're very attractive." catches me off guard. But it startles me so much that without thinking I blurt out, " I could say the same about you." I pause. " In case you didn't know." A slow grin spreads across his face. " Oh, trust me. I know. "

2 " We're all a blemished spirit full of censurable faults "

3 " The redeemed of God who are snatched from the flames by the hand of the Lord are still covered with ashes. We remain streaked with charcoal and blemished with soot. We are redeemed, but not sinless. Satan is quick to call attention to the dirt. He wants us to be more conscious of our sin than of God’s mercy. "

― R.C. Sproul , Pleasing God

4 " The common soldiers did not blame him for his excessive grief. They knew him. They knew his flaws. Indeed, I think they loved him all the more because he was flawed, as they were, and did not hide his passionate, blemished nature. "

― Geraldine Brooks , The Secret Chord

5 " Her purity of spirit would never be in doubt, though she moved through a blemished world. "

― Ian McEwan , Atonement

6 " Writing entails undertaking a spiritual journey, an exploration of the blemished self that is delightfully challenging, painfully arduous, and unfathomably rewarding. Writing allows an admittedly flawed person to artfully confront their inglorious personal history, examine the present, and cogitate upon the future. Thoughtful writing creates a person’s own precursors: it revises a person’s conception of the past into a more detailed, accurate, and comprehensive philosophical context, alters how a person perceives the “now,” and alters the course and outcome person’s future. Writing is the ultimate psychological experience and an immaculate method to examine a person’s thoughts, debunk a person’s delusion, and analyze a person’s values. "

― , Dead Toad Scrolls