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grammar in learning is like tyranny in government - confound the bitch I'll never be her slave.

The God-given vocation of theology is to be a servant of the Truth, never his self-appointed master.

Between 1910 and 1950 approximately 350 lives of Jesus were published in the English language alone.

My compulsion to always be working has become less strong and my current business is purely down to this enormous alimony. If I wasn't doing this I'd be making documentaries about wildlife and other subjects that interest me.

Just behind his jaw bones a tiny movement was perceptible, like the movement of gills in a fish.

I]gnorance was never an obstacle to a good sound bite.

Regret, he now knew, was a useless emotion, the poor cousin of guilt.

A discarded newspaper skimmed the sidewalk with a sound like the whisperings of a dead lover.

I don't think you can dial 911 for a literary emergency.

H]e looked like a real bruiser as he stepped from his car, his big sunglasses giving the impression that a large bug had evolved to the point that it could wear a suit.

His features were smudged and indistinct, as though a thumb had smeared itself across an ink drawing of a face. His

Mum," said Christopher. "It's a demon. I don't think a poker will hurt it." "It will where I'm going to put it," said Mrs. Mayer.

His was a psychological and emotional disturbance of untold, awful depth, mundane and yet tragic in that very ordinariness.

beard, his profile peculiarly flattened, as though there were not quite enough of him to fully occupy three dimensions.

there were things living on the bottom of ponds that were smarter than most bail jumpers.

He believes it might have been Mark Twain who said that history does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme.

A condensed Shakespeare with all of the dull parts removed, leaving only the great moments of drama: ghosts, and bloodied daggers, and dying kings.

and favored an obscure French perfume that reminded Kirk of dead chanteuses. Madlyn still saw the ghosts

Meerlust Rubicon from South Africa, a suitably wintry red.

People love conspiracies," said Harris. "They find them reassuring. It's the consolation that someone, somewhere might actually have a design in mind. The fearful embrace conspiracies for the same reason they believe in God.

He was briefly tempted to reach for the brandy again, but no particular good had come of their previous shared moments, and so he opted for the routine of making a big pot of tea.

In substituting her religious beliefs for the law, Kim Davis placed burdens on third parties who did not share those beliefs. Such actions look less like religious liberty than religious discrimination.

Some views are truly bad enough that they deserve repudiation rather than accommodation. To

Applying this legal rule, courts have required accommodations