#able

The cattle crouched round them in soft shadowy clumps, placidly munching, and dreaming with wide-open eyes. The narrow zone of colour created by the firelight was like the planet Earth - a little freak of brightness in a universe of impenetrable shadows ↗

— Hope Mirrlees

#cows #dreaming #impenetrable-shadows #planet-earth #the-universe

Excellent. They were flammable. ↗

— James Patterson

#maximum #ride #experience

With a philosophy education, one can infuriate his peers, intimidate his date, think of obscure, unreliable ways to make money, and never regret a thing. ↗

— Criss Jami

#composure #contentment #education #education-system #freedom

What manner of people they were only books and other people could tell... and the tale was a long and gory one dating from the dim, conjectural dawn of history. But being human they were as apt to change as mother nature to remain constant. ↗

— Robert Edison Fulton Jr.

#constant #human #human-nature #nature #people

Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#briefly #defined #faith #illogical #improbable

To devise an information processing system capable of getting along on its own - it must handle its own problems of programming, bookkeeping, communication and coordination with its users. It must appear to its users as a single, integrated personality. ↗

— Cliff Shaw

#appear #capable #communication #coordination #devise

We can think only of creatures, of things He's made. Creatures are all we know, and can be all we know until we know Him. When we think of Him like that, we find we can't believe. He can't be like a creature any more than a carpenter is like a table. ↗

— Gene Wolfe

#faith #sir-able #the-creator #faith

In truth, Semper Fidelis describes far more than God’s faithfulness to empower, encourage, or protect. It describes nothing short of God’s unyielding faithfulness to never give up His relentless pursuit of our lives. ↗

— Lt. Carey H. Cash

#faith

Faith has size. ↗

— Toba Beta

#measurable #faith

That's what people do who love you. They put their arms around you and love you when you're not so lovable. ↗

— Deb Caletti

#friends #hugs #life #lovable #love