#afflict

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Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.


Joseph Addison


#only #others #prosperity #seen #some

The Lord's mercy often rides to the door of our heart upon the black horse of affliction.


Charles H. Spurgeon


#cross-bearing #mercy #trials #horses

As Christians, if sin were the reason for our afflictions, then we should all be in ICU" ~ R. Alan Woods [2012]


R. Alan Woods


#sins #sins-of-omission #r-alan-woods

I had these made special. The design is raised instead of carved in. Can you feel it?" Dillon asked. Hunter ran his fingertip over the outside of the ring. He nodded as a tear formed in the corner of his eye. "Can you tell me what it is?" Dillon asked quietly. Hunter nodded and his voice choked. "Two people…" "Two men," Dillon corrected. "Two men," Hunter said, "pulling each other into the center of a circle." Dillon watched his single tear slip and start sliding down his cheek. "Would you step into that circle with me, Hunter?" Hunter nodded, a small sound escaping him. "Yes.


Brandon Shire


#design

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.


Charles Sumner


#afflicted #been #beginning #compromise #country

Of all afflictions, the worst is self-contempt.


Berthold Auerbach


#worst

Hunter turned and kissed Dillon deeply before he rinsed off. He had never wished for his sight before, but he would have given anything at that moment to be able to turn and witness the beauty of the man that had just made love to him. He'd literally felt the change in Dillon's grip as he made love. The very first time they were together, Dillon's hold was uncertain, a tentative embrace that held no absolutes, no dreams, but just now it was different; it was a grip that sat right on the edge of possession, a possession Hunter would willingly give, if asked. But would Dillon ask, and would he be able to accept?


Brandon Shire


#dillon #hunter #beauty

A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted by android Barbie creep. All those thick swatches of lifeless strands clustering lankly round ladies' necks! Like orange tanning spray, this is a fashion fad that should be put out of its misery.


Camille Paglia


#android #barbie #children #complaint #creep

Listen to the breath of the rain." They were silent for a minute. Dillon closed his eyes and tried to grasp at what Hunter experienced. Hunter moved closer and put the heat of his breath in Dillon's ear. "I want you to make love to me by the rhythm of the rain," he whispered.


Brandon Shire


#love

We who have been born and nurtured on this soil, we, whose habits, manners, and customs are the same in common with other Americans, can never consent to - be the bearers of the redress offered by that Society to that much afflicted.


Richard V. Allen


#bearers #been #born #common #consent