#ch

I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be. ↗

— John Ortberg Jr.

#vida

Words can be meaningless. If they are used in such a way that no sharp conclusions can be drawn. ↗

— Richard P. Feynman

#richard-feynmann #thought-provoking-humourous #thought-provoking

My mentor used to say that no one can make us feel badly about ourselves unless we allow it. He lectured me endlessly that the biggest offenders to shrink our self-worth weren't others, but ourselves. ↗

— Veronica Blade

#self-improvement #thought-provoking #wise-words #thought-provoking

I don't want to say something cheesy like 'home is where the heart is,' but home is definitely where the heart is. And my heart is, and has always been, with you. ↗

— Melissa Senate

#heart #home #breakups

The solution, once revealed, must seem to have been inevitable. At least half of all the mystery novels published violate this law." (Casual Notes on the Mystery Novel, 1949) ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#mysteries #solution #technique #writing #writing-craft

There's always, always a choice. My options might really, truly suck, but that doesn't mean there isn't a choice. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#cold-days #harry-dresden #harry-dresden

Wait. You don't understand. I just wanted it to stop. Wanted the hurting to stop." I smoothed a bloodied lock of hair from her eyes and felt very tired as I said, "The only people who never hurt are dead." The light died out of her eyes, her breath slowing. She whispered, barely audible, "I don't understand." I answered, "I don't either." A tear slid from her eye and mixed with the blood. Then she died. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#jim-butcher #summer-knight #harry-dresden

He's Gandalf on crack and an IV of Red Bull, with a big leather coat and a .44 revolver in his pocket. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#backup #butcher #crack #dresden #gandalf

He does not want a girl who trifles with Christianity. He wants a woman who is radically given to Christ. He does not want a girl who prays tepid, lukewarm prayers. He wants a woman who lives in defiance of the powers of Hell. He does not want a girl who is self-adorning with the latest fashions and trends. He wants a woman who is adorned with the inner jewelry of Christ-given holiness. He does not want a girl who dishonors and belittles her parents. He wants a woman who honors the authorities God has placed in her life and serves them with charity and gladness. He does not want a girl whose Bible is an accessory to her wardrobe. He wants a woman whose hunger and thirst is to know the Lord, and who diligently feasts upon His Word. He does not want a girl whose tongue is a deceptive weapon of selfishness. He wants a woman whose words drip with the honey of the name of Jesus. ↗

— Leslie Ludy

#godly-woman #holiness #inspirational #purity #inspirational

Solitude is a chosen separation for refining your soul. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the first. ↗

— Wayne Cordeiro

#jesus-christ #pastor #pastoral #pastoral-ministry #refuge