Ignorant Historian

“You don’t have to eat the entire turd to know that it’s not a crab cake.” – Bean in Shadow of the Hegemon by Orson Scott Card

“I realized that when everything is stripped away from you and you have nothing, you find out what you really are down deep inside.” – In the Presence of My Enemies by Gracia Burnham, p. 162

“I can’t believe she ran out of answers before I did.” – Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson, p. 14

“…you must also own Religion in his rags, as well as when in his silver slippers; and stand by him, too, when bound in irons, as well as when he walketh the streets with applause.” – Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan, p. 92

“Human nature seems to find ways to justify its wrong doing, to move ahead with what serves its self-interest, and then to figure out an explanation so it doesn’t sound so bad.” – In the Presence of My Enemies by Gracia Burnham, p. 192

“The Cross is God’s answer to the question ‘Why don’t you do something about evil?’ ” – If God is Good by Randy Alcorn, p. 206

“It’s hard to believe the old saying that ‘things happen for a reason’ when the things happening to you are god-awful and you just want them to be over with.” – The Year We Disappeared by Cylin Busby and John Busby, p. 142

“…to my fellow Christians I feel compelled to say [about Islam]: We need to find ways to defuse the raging resentment and hatred that fuels ‘holy war’ and introduce a God who does more than demand rituals–he truly loves us.” – In the Presence of My Enemies by Gracia Burnham, p. 304

“And I’ve discovered that most people I’m afraid of are actually very friendly.” – When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, p. 26

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