Having a baby can be a scream.
Expect great things from God, receive great things from God. Expect little from God, receive little from God.
I can plod. I can persevere in any definite pursuit. To this I owe everything.
I am very defective in all duties. . . In prayer I wander and am formal. . . I soon tire; devotion languishes; and I do not walk with God.
Every Christian should live life with an open Bible and an open map.
We must not be contented however with praying, without exerting ourselves in the use of means for the obtaining of those things we pray for.
We have only to keep the end in view, and have our hearts thoroughly engaged in the pursuit of it, and means will not be very difficult.
As more consumers demand less sugar, the food and beverage manufacturers will eventually come into line with what the consumers want.
A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.
Living an awakened life [. . . ] is just a matter of where our attention is being placed. It is possible for our human-beingness and our true nature or presence to exist wonderfully well together, enriching each other through their closeness. It is through the power of our attention that we experience one or the other or both.
In terms of music, each novel is different but I usually find my way into an era through the music. In this novel the New People, I listened to a lot of 90s hip-hop, which was just so genius. Also, all the musical references in the book from the Peoples Temple one and only album to Luther Vandross.