“...every time you make a decision to be less than what God wants for you, you're denying yourself some of God's blessings. It's up to you. You can live a life with God's blessings, or just exist with all the consequences of choosing wrong.”
― Terri Blackstock, quote from Last Light
“Being from a Christian family doesn’t make you a Christian any more than sitting in a garage —”
― Terri Blackstock, quote from Last Light
“Instead of worrying, we need to be seeking His kingdom and His righteousness.”
― Terri Blackstock, quote from Last Light
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”
― Terri Blackstock, quote from Last Light
“It’s time to start storing up our treasures in heaven, instead of hoarding them on earth.”
― Terri Blackstock, quote from Last Light
Terri Blackstock
Born place: in Belleville, Illinois, The United States
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“The Church’s war against women occurred not under Christ—who by all accounts held women as equals to men—but through the writings of St Irenaeus and Tertullian, and that most cruel woman-hater of them all, St Paul, whose hostile views on women were unfortunately included in the Bible. But let me be clear, it is not only a Catholic problem; it is a Christian one: Martin Luther, the scourge of the old Church, shares its views on women. He once wrote: “Girls begin to talk and to stand on their feet sooner than boys because weeds always grow up more quickly than good crops.” Weeds! Weeds!”
― Matthew Reilly, quote from The Tournament
“Don't trust the fire, for it will burn you.
Don't trust the ice, for it will freeze you.
Don't trust the water, for it will drown you.
Don't trust the air, for it will choke you.
Don't trust the earth, for it will bury you.
Don't trust the trees, for they will rip you,
rend you, tear you, kill you dead.”
― Sarah Beth Durst, quote from The Queen of Blood
“She smiled at me, that one particular smile I hardly ever saw, the one that could open padlocks, Yale locks, bank vaults, the one that was a trapdoor down into everything.”
― Brittany Cavallaro, quote from The Last of August
“Berlin'de yalnızsınız değil mi?" dedi.
"Ne gibi? "
"Yani... Yalnız işte... Kimsesiz... Ruhen yalnız... Nasıl söyleyeyim... Öyle bir haliniz var ki..."
"Anlıyorum, anlıyorum... Tamamen yalnızım... Ama Berlin'de değil... Bütün dünyada yalnızım... Küçükten beri..."
"Ben de yalnızım..." dedi. Bu sefer benim ellerimi kendi avuçlarının içine alarak: "Boğulacak kadar yalnızım..." diye devam etti, "hasta bir köpek kadar yalnız..."
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Şuna dikkat edin ki, benden herhangi bir şey istediğiniz gün her şey bitmiş demektir. Hiçbir şey anlıyor musunuz, hiçbir şey istemeyeceksiniz… Dünyada sizden, yani bütün erkeklerden niçin bu kadar çok nefret ediyorum biliyor musunuz? Sırf böyle en tabii haklarıymış gibi insandan birçok şeyler istedikleri için… Beni yanlış anlamayın, bu taleplerin muhakkak söz haline gelmesi şart değil… Erkeklerin öyle bir bakışları, öyle bir gülüşleri, ellerini kaldırışları, hulasa kadınlara öyle bir muamele edişleri var ki… Kendilerine ne kadar fazla ve ne kadar aptalca güvendiklerini fark etmemek için kör olmak lazım. Herhangi bir şekilde talepleri reddedildiği zaman düştükleri şaşkınlığı görmek, küstahça gururlarını anlamak için kafidir. Kendilerini daim bir avcı, bizi zavallı birer av olarak düşünmekten asla vazgeçmiyorlar. Bizim vazifemiz sadece tabi olmak, itaat etmek, istenilen şeyleri vermek… Biz isteyemeyiz, kendiliğimizden bir şey veremeyiz… Ben bu ahmakça ve küstahça erkek gururundan tiksiniyorum. Anlıyor musunuz? Sizinle bunun için dost olabileceğimizi zannediyorum. Çünkü halinizde o manasız kendine güvenme yok… Fakat bilmem… Ne kuzuların ağzından vahşi kurt dişlerinin sırıttığını gördüm…
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Ben dünyadan ziyade kafamın içinde yaşayan bir insanım… Hakiki hayatım benim için can sıkıcı bir rüyadan başka bir şey değildir…”
― Sabahattin Ali, quote from Madonna in a Fur Coat
“Let me be clear: I never intended to raise my brother from his grave, though he may claim otherwise.”
― Rin Chupeco, quote from The Bone Witch
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