#he

The salvation of the elect was as certain before His advent, though accomplished by it, as afterwards. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

#advent #afterwards #before #certain #elect

I wanted to write the most beautiful poem but that is impossible; the world has written its own. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #impossible #literature #literature-quotes #philosophy

As a kid, I was heavily into martial arts and wanted to be the next Jean-Claude Van Damme. ↗

— Chris Daughtry

#heavily #i #into #kid #martial

It did not prepare me for writing or "Power of Attorney." However, what it did is that it forced me out of the DA's office. I stopped getting that county check. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#check #county #did #forced #getting

No photographer is as good as the simplest camera. ↗

— Edward Steichen

#good #photographer #simplest

You kissed me, and I opened my eyes and thought you were Death. You were the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, and I clung to the memory of you because it gave me comfort—the only bit of happiness I had ever had. You were my secret fantasy, my lover. My story… Lord Death is you, and the woman he stalks…is me.” “Why have you come,” he asked, “when you now know the truth?” “Because when you saved me, you forged a link between us. I don’t believe it will ever break.” “Bella,” he whispered, “I couldn’t allow you to take your life. Couldn’t bear the thought of existing in a world that you did not. ↗

— Charlotte Featherstone

#isabella #jude #seduction-and-scandal #beauty

Sure my career means a hell of a lot, but it will never come before Sandy and my son. ↗

— Bobby Darin

#career #come #hell #lot #means

You're either sexy or you're not. I'm very self-conscious about my physiognomy. ↗

— Bobby Darin

#either #i #physiognomy #self-conscious #sexy

Slow thinkers are part of the game too. Some of these slow thinkers can hit a ball a long way. ↗

— Alvin Dark

#game #hit #long #long way #part

'Shoot the wounded... what we do to people who are the most vulnerable... we 'shoot the wounded.' As if they haven't suffered enough, we add to it by gossiping and treating hurt people like outcasts." ..."I think we killed Ronnie's spirit... Instead of coming alongside her and supporting her through this, I failed her... ↗

— Lynn Dove

#gossip #hypocrisy #rejection #religion #shooting-the-wounded