Hoppy berthed hay.
For the best little sister evuh. A collection of puns:
Hoppy berthed hay two ewe, Hop pee bert eh do yoohoo, Eppy birdy deer jem na, Hippy burp they too youth!
Love,
Kswizl; rhymer extraordinaire.
It us nitrogen your business to succeed, but to do right. When you have done so, the rest lies with god.
Many things—such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly—are done worst when we try hardest to do them.
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| — | C.S. Lewis. |
Better to be miserable with her than happy without her. Let our hearts break provided they break together. If the voice within us does not say this it is not the voice of Eros.
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| — | C.S. Lewis |
History as its written
“For history records the patterns of men’s lives, they say: who slept with whom, and with what results; who fought and who won and who lived to lie about it afterwards. All things, it us said, are duly recorded-all things of importance, that is. But not quite, for actually it is only the known, the seen, the heard and only those events that the recorder regards as important that are put down, those lies his keepers keep their power by … Where were the historians today? And how would they put it down?”
Ralph Ellison, ‘Invisible Man.’ On brother Tod Clifton’s death.
“Man’s eye is not single, he has ever a side glance towards his own honour, has too high an estimate of his own powers, and so is not qualified to behold the glory of the Lord. It is clear, then, that self must stand out of the way, that there may be room for God to be exalted; and this is the reason why he bringeth his people ofttimes into straits and difficulties, that, being made conscious of their own folly and weakness, they may be fitted to behold the majesty of God when he comes forth to work their deliverance. He whose life is one even and smooth path, will see but little of the glory of the Lord, for he has few occasions of self-emptying, and hence, but little fitness for being filled with the revelation of God. They who navigate little streams and shallow creeks, know but little of the God of tempests; but they who “do business in great waters,” these see his “wonders in the deep.” Among the huge Atlantic-waves of bereavement, poverty, temptation, and reproach, we learn the power of Jehovah, because we feel the littleness of man. Thank God, then, if you have been led by a rough road: it is this which has given you your experience of God’s greatness and lovingkindness. Your troubles have enriched you with a wealth of knowledge to be gained by no other means: your trials have been the cleft of the rock in which Jehovah has set you, as he did his servant Moses, that you might behold his glory as it passed by. Praise God that you have not been left to the darkness and ignorance which continued prosperity might have involved, but that in the great fight of affliction, you have been capacitated for the outshinings of his glory in his wonderful dealings with you.
Charles Sturgeon
“Mary reminded me constantly that something was expected of me, some act of leadership, some news worthy achievement; and I was torn between resenting her for it and loving her for the nebulous hope she kept alive…
…if only all the contradictory voices shouting inside my head would calm down and sing a song in unison, whatever it was I wouldn’t care as long as they sang without dissonance; yes, and avoided the uncertain extremes of the scale. but there was no relief. I was wild with resentment but too much under “self control,” that frozen virtue, that freezing vice…
…I became afraid of what I might do. All things were indeed awash in my mind. I long for home.”
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| — | Ralph Ellison’s ‘Invisible Man’ |
