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His countenance, dear Ellakins, is no strain upon young female eyes!

Our city hobgoblins Infest my home at night

And sometimes they say 'Hey Mark you're spoiling all the paintwork' And sometimes they say 'Your thumbprints are on the paintwork

Mark, how did you find out?' and I go, 'What?' 'I only wanted a private wedding, I got wed today.' Of course, I thought why didn't you invite me then, you cunt? And I say, 'Congratulations, mate, and by the way you're sacked.' So you can see why he's a bit scarred.

Dr. John Mack, M.D., a cum laude graduate of Harvard Medical School and M.I.T

There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book we read becomes luminous with manifold allusion. Every sentence is doubly significant, and the sense of our author is as broad as the world.

an immense sea turtle, his forehead still sharp and intelligent but his jowls and throat gone froggy

San Francisco's KQED.

Sorry. Trigger warning: Repeated and prolonged proximity to moribund logging communities set off my misanthropy.

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The circumstances of a life must not dictate our terms of living it; that decision resides only in one's reaction to circumstance.

Those who do not regret the collapse of the Soviet Union have no heart, and those who do regret it have no brain.

The leather satchel on his right hip holds documents and notebook; the canvas haversack is for supplies

cheap sunglasses, the CamelBak

Many of those promoting the expressway tear downs are the decision-makers now.

Writing for children is bloody difficult books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect.

I don't like quotes, I prefer quotations

I'm thankful to get the opportunity to direct. I hope I don't mess it up.

For what can be imagined more beautiful than the sight of a perfectly just city rejoicing in justice alone.

Words were all he knew; they possessed and overwhelmed him, as if they were a thousand white cats with whom he shared a one-room apartment.

Jesus is the Author of peace. He is God's peacemaker (Ephesians 2:13-14).

In the 404 verses in Revelation, there are about 278 allusions to the Old Testament.

The idealist view has no interpretive anchor that helps hold Revelation together. This view is extremely reader-centered and not tied to the original meaning of the text.

I believe the futurist approach is far superior to the other views. It is the only view that consistently follows the principles of interpreting Scripture literally.