#east

If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner. ↗

— Marlon Brando

#executioner #his #keeper #least #let us

Christ is a persuasion, a form evoking desire, and the whole force of the gospel depends upon the assumption that this persuasion is also peace: that the desire awakened by the shape of Christ and his church is one truly reborn as agape, rather than merely the way in which a lesser force succumbs to a greater, as an episode in the endless epic of power. (3) ↗

— David Bentley Hart

#christianity #eastern-orthodox #beauty

Though analogy is often misleading, it is the least misleading thing we have. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#least #misleading #often #thing #though

It's no secret what's going on in baseball. At least half the players are using steroids. ↗

— Ken Caminiti

#going #half #least #players #secret

I have lived in the only decades I could have lived in, and hope to live through at least a few more. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

#decades #few #hope #i #least

Anger may be kindled in the noblest breasts: but in these slow droppings of an unforgiving temper never takes the shape of consistency of enduring hatred. ↗

— M. Kathleen Casey

#breasts #consistency #enduring #hatred #kindled

We were talking about the prince,' Sansa said, her voice soft as a kiss. Arya knew which prince she meant: Joffrey, of course. The tall, handsome one. Sansa got to sit with him at the feast. Arya had to sit with the little fat one. Naturally. ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#a-song-of-ice-and-fire #arya #feast #funny #george-r-r-martin

Iraq can emerge as a beacon of hope and democracy in the Middle East, and the world, with our help. ↗

— Chris Chocola

#democracy #east #emerge #help #hope

I certainly believe that all of my friends should have the right, as Marc and I did, to marry their best friend. I certainly expect my straight friends to help us achieve that for all New Yorkers, for all Americans, and for the children that, at least, Marc and I hope to have someday. ↗

— Chelsea Clinton

#all americans #believe #best #best friend #certainly

I declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at least; to be drawn or driven into the question of slavery, in either of its subdivisions or forms. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#declare #drawn #driven #either #forms