#eli

Faith does not imply a closed, but an open mind. Quite the opposite of blindness, faith appreciates the vast spiritual realities that materialist overlook by getting trapped in the purely physical. ↗

— John Marks Templeton

#science #faith

Leo couldn't deliver Mr. Martin Scorsese his Oscar with 'The Aviator', but I will go on record to say I will do so in 'The Departed'. ↗

— Anthony Anderson

#deliver #departed #go #his #i

My fear of loneliness is like a disease. ↗

— Irene Tomkinson

#loneliness #solitude #family

I open my heart to her and lay it on the table. ↗

— Jennifer Haigh

#family-secrets #mothers-and-daughers #religion #faith

I like a cook who smiles out loud when he tastes his own work. Let God worry about your modesty; I want to see your enthusiasm. ↗

— Robert Farrar Capon

#religion #food

Well, you ought to stick with it, even after you mess up-but sticking with it is a lot easier if you have a family who believes in you. ↗

— Kathryn Littlewood

#family #mess-up #family

I can't today," I said. "Maybe tomorrow?" "Can't tomorrow," said Quinn. "I have a family thing. I guess we're logistically star-crossed, Juliet." Sometimes Quinn calls me Juliet because of how we had to do that scene together, and whenever he does it's good for another bout of brain paralysis. So all I could manage back was "Oh." "But I'll talk to you later, okay?" he said. I didn't even try to say anything else but just nodded, wondering as I did what would happen next. The steps had largely emptied by then. But before I could do much wondering, Quinn's lips were on mine. And this time it definitely counted. ↗

— Jennifer Sturman

#delia-truesdale #kiss #quinn-riley #family

This book is long over-due. It’s a “Manhood Manual” making a clarion call for all men to transcend every trial, tribulation, or past hurt, and take their rightful place as the head of every household. This is a blue print for becoming what every wife desires and son will emulate—a man who’s strong as steel and smooth as velvet. ↗

— Dr. Walt Kasmir

#from-the-hands-of-delilah #love-hurts #mo-stegall #relationships #family

If invisible people eat invisible food does invisible wind blow invisible trees? ↗

— Cecelia Ahern

#cecelia-ahernt #if-you-could-see-me-now #invisible #food

It’s just that you go so crazy being alone like that. Sometimes he’d forget my water or food and I’d cry and cry and cry.” She stops talking and looks out the window. “I would try to tell myself stories to pass the time. Fairy tales. Parts of books. But they got used up. ↗

— Holly Black

#hopeless #loneliness #sad #trapped #food