#v

Maybe I could do it." Darius shot him a dry look. "You want to try to get back into your house after the fact? Wellsie will stake you through the heart and leave you for the sun, my friend. Tohrment winced. "Good point" "And then she'll come looking for me." Both males shuttered. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#darius #dark-lover #tohrment #black-dagger-brotherhood

In a quiet voice, he said, "How long's this been going on for you? With her." John took out a small pad he'd brought with him and wrote: Since the moment I first met her. After Rehv read the scribble, he frowned. "She feel the same way?" John did not drop his eyes as he shook his head. No sense hiding shit. Not with a symphath. Rehv nodded once. "That's so like her. Goddamn it...okay, let's do this. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#jr-ward #lover-mine #rehv #rehvenge #black-dagger-brotherhood

I had turned to leave and he had called after me. “Miss Maria, I kin no other woman who could be wearing men’s trousers and be dripping such as ye are and look quite so lovely. It’s a right shame your mother is marrying you off to that great sot!” I had turned to call back to him, “I doubt very much we will have to worry about that after today! ↗

— Gwenn Wright

#dark-romance #historical-fiction #scotland #scotsman #scottish

Jealous?" "Maybe." "No reason. I like my ladies with a pulse. ↗

— Rachel Caine

#vampires #love

It is widely unknown, but nonetheless true that Catholicism fervently promotes the 'spiritual disciplines' whereas Protestantism has largely neglected them altogether. Does 'volunteerism' facilitate the formation of Christ's character in us or rather does it reveal our level of Christ-like maturity through the work of the Holy Spirit in us? Jesus modeled son-ship and gave all of His time, shared his talents,and invested all of His treasure while affirming others as He proclaimed through demonstrations the Kingdom of God.'Christ-likeness cannot be self-efforted' (Woods, 2007)." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#spiritual-development #catholicism

Freewill does not impune the sovereignty of God, it in fact affirms it. ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#freewill #r-alan-woods #sovereignty-of-god #r-alan-woods

My worldview aside from my Christian perspective is more aligned with Plato's thinking, conclusions, and philosophy ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#phiosophy #plato #r-alan-woods #worldviews #r-alan-woods

Dynamic/Active vs. Static/Passive. The Biblical statement, '...and with knowledge gain understanding, and with understanding gain wisdom'- NT (passim), speaks to an active experiential involvement necessary on our part in producing a state of dynamic pragmatism. To my understanding, wisdom is knowledge understood and applied in our daily lives where the-rubber-meets-the-road". ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#dynamic-pragmatism #knowledge-understood #r-alan-woods #r-alan-woods

We have all been called to be foot-washers". ~R. Alan Woods [2006] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#servant #servant-leader #servant-of-god #servanthood #servants

One of the most unique aspects among many about the USA is that our transitions of 'power' have almost always been peaceful. This is very unique in all of history and in the world today". ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#government #governments #r-alan-woods #r-alan-woods