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In the space of so many scant hours, a new world had lifted the hem of her skirts before him. A world of seething pleasures and sweaty rage.

The people of this world make a god for themselves in their own image, and in doing so they make God far, far, far, too small.

One could keep open secrets only so well before they became a threat to others.

God is obviouslt God, and Heaven obviously exsists, and every word spoken here on earth turns heads up there.

A woman needs what a woman needs.

Never mistake a woman as an opportunity for bliss.

Adrenaline dulls reason; panic kills it.

Fear is the devil, always, and throws on into darkness. To accept is the best way ~Saba

Don't wear your mask too long or you might start to forget who's beneath it. -Austin

Pain was not God's plan for this life. It is a reality, but it is not part of the plan." I

What falls but never breaks; what breaks but never falls?

And then ...
And then Thomas Hunter dreamed, and the world would never be the same.

Most people die twice: first when they give up on life, and finally when Death comes to take what's his.

Like all of my fictions, 'Sinner' is a mirror. Look into it and you will find yourself. What you do with what you see is your choice.

Light came into the darkness, but the darkness didn't understand it," Susan said. "Look to the light. Only the light can save you from yourself.

Everything I've written up to this point is crap. Now I'm going to write the real one

Look at me, see how I resemble a puddle of dog vomit? Won't you please throw your fingers to your teeth and be wildly fascinated by me?

Love? You have no understanding that to love is to give, not to take.

I've already said you can't take anything from me that I wouldn't freely give you.

The physical power of real love is staggering, because real forgiveness is staggering ...

The battle over flesh and blood cannot compare to the battle for the heart.

The temptation to forget is woven into the fabric of these... costumes.

Live to discover, as long as discovery leads to a love that comes from the Creator ... writing was the mirror to life.

The only barrier to apprehending the truth is our own unwillingness to see the world as it is instead of how we prefer it to be.

The incomparable great power we have as believers is tied up in hope. Lose the hope and lose the power.

Her fear was gone, not only mostly, but completely, because it had been sustained by an illusion that was no longer part of her reality. The

A person who finds silence and solitude boring is a person who is himself boring, empty of anything worth consideration.

He knew me. He knew me through and through and he found no shame in me.

The power of belief alone could change the course of history.

You give people a little money and they lose all their manners, even the ones who had manners to begin with.

Every breathing soul longs to overcome.

Dust to dust, ashes to ashes. Halleluiah amen, you are dismissed.

But sometimes imperfect tools lead us toward perfect ends.

Maybe he does show himself to us, but we don't see. Maybe it's not our senses that are the problem, but our minds.

Where is God? Where can I find him? we ask. We don't realize that's like a fish swimming frantically through the ocean in search OF the ocean

I think a woman is born with the desire to hear she is beautiful.

Do not allow fear to bind you up, dear one. You will only lose what you already have.

Take a leap of faith and see that these troubled waters have no power over you unless you give it to them, and even then they lie.

We're far more than just physical beings having a spiritual experience. We're spiritual beings having a temporary physical experience.

Their lust to win the love of mortals away from God knows no bounds.

Christians aren't generally known for their love any more than their neighbors are.

Living is about clucking your tongue and enjoying the sound.
~Slater

So many Christians today see a system in which they cannot measure up and so they feel unworthy. The church seems to have failed them.

Prayer may just be the most powerful tool mankind has."
~Blink

We've stepped off the cliff and are falling into madness.

That was the advantage of a young mind
believing was easier.

Women stood along the

To know. Not to know about.

If my path is with learning and tears and submission, can you not follow that same path?

Just because someone sees the truth doesn't mean they will accept it or allow that truth to change them.

Mine was less a crisis of doctrine than a crisis of experience.

I'm a skeptic of religious systems, not of the faith. Someday I will be happy to discuss the difference with you.

Everyone is a lonely victim of life's complexity.

When I sit down to write a novel, I am exploring my own relationship with God, with the struggle between good and evil, my own purpose.

Come hither, my dear. Come hither, that I mightest protectest thou!

They all seemed to function in it, but to say they controlled it would be wrong...The chaos controlled them.

What attention would death pay to his pathetic voice? He was powerless without her.

When you step away from it all, you lose perspective.

Anything unnatural was not naturally believed. Faith, in essence, was unnatural.

And does man simply choose evil, or does he create it?

But what was possible or practical had been replaced by a far baser impulse. Hope.

Everyone wanted to create his own history. There was nothing as powerful as the written word; history had taught them all that much.

It was there, beyond the skin of this world, that a cure of ugliness could be found.

What then do you think is my advantage over you?

What was once obvious to them was no longer quite as obvious. Why was it that humans lost sight of truth so quickly?

We become so used to the familiar that we begin to doubt the unfamiliar, until our eyes are opened and we see.

It's neither and it's both. That's the perfect kind of art. Labels only detract from the artist's intention.

People reveal their true character when they're off center.

He plunged beneath the surface and knew that these were Elyon's waters, and his lake had no bottom.

You will only see who you are and thus be who you are as you surrender your attachment to all other identities,

And to understand how love unfolds, you must understand how Elyon loves.

The light had simply and utterly destroyed the darkness.

Though being freed from sin, most remain slaves, blinded and gagged by their own deception.

Sin thrives in the dungeon, but slap it on the table for all to see, and it withers rather quickly.

What love can you possibly need from the world if you are already full of His? None.

You want to forget your pain. I mean to tell you that doing that will only cause you more hurt. - Khai

There's always risk in life's most rewarding pursuits, isn't there?

Evil was predictable, always painfully expected.

Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.

Nothing was worse than reading too late and falling asleep two or three pages into a novel.

Doing good required taking risks.

If someone tries to follow the narrow way and does not set aside who they think they are and what they think they need, they cannot follow.

Not evil. Not any more evil than the colored trees are good.Evil and good reside in the heart, not in trees and water.

God is with me. Jesus is near. The Spirit is greater than my fear.

Dive deep. Drown willingly

How can you hope to recognize good and evil for what they truly are if you have no belief in a moral authority greater than yourself?

Cause I don't think we ever really get over our childhood. It's always there, waiting.

It's rude to run off a guest.
It's rude to wear out your welcome.

Love can only be found in freedom of choice. And for choice to exist, there must be an alternative to choose. Something as compelling as love.

Will you follow my path and be the light of the world to shine in that darkness?

Knowing you're worthless doesn't give you value any more than knowing you are a captive sets you free.

I BELIEVE!!!!!!!"
- Johnny

That's it?" Jason asked. "You spent an hour talking about how lucky you were to be dying?"
No, not dying, Son. Living.

The fact is not kill entire populations is able to infect entire regions of land and control the only cure.

In living we die, in dying we live.

Make sure your soul is attached at all times - this town will steal it in a second, given the chance.

But if you look to your Maker, you'll find enough power to kill a thousand Slaters
- Dr. John Francis

This was the Great Romance. To love at any cost.

It is. And yet so few really are free. Nearly all people live in prisons of their own making, regardless of their faith, creed, sex or race.

Whoever said that a straighten hand was more dramatic than a healed heart?