...careful the morning lest it wake from slumber the city half-encumbered by the morning mist ... NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...causing her eyes to bulge and her tongue to flick from behind her luscious lips, scaring away insects. — Amok 2015 NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...certain people have good, ordinary blood and others have an animated, lively sort of blood that comes to the face quickly. NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...celebrating the Eucharist as a remembrance of Christ means practicing God's justice towards neighbors, strangers, and enemies alike. NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...chance is sometimes a wonderful accomplice in crime. NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...changing one's own behavior is a much more promising strategy than insisting on change from the other. NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...childlike wonder and awe have died. The scenery and poetry and music of the majesty of God have dried up like a forgotten peach at the back of the refrigerator. NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...children are at heart selfish, and reasonably so, for they are programmed for survival. NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...by the time we understand the pattern we are in, the definition we are making for ourselves, it's too late to break out of the box. We can only live in terms of the definition, like the prisoner in the cage in which he cannot lie or stand or NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...children never forget. For this reason, it was so important what one said, and what one did, and it was a relief when they went to bed. For now she need not think about anybody. She could be herself, by herself. And that was what now she oft NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...citizens of the U.S. live under an Empire of “evil doers” who have set themselves juxtaposed to humanity instilling in us from our youngest days how to slay our human element in exchange for an external existence of malnourished pride. NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...chuck-full of error, masturbation and Jesus. NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...choosing words is harder than I thought. NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...churches would aim to take people at every age and ability level and help them become the most loving version of themselves possible. They would help people face the challenges of life--challenges that could make them bitter, self-absorbed, NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...cities are murky places - hatching grounds for monsters... NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...civility doesn't require consensus or the suspension of criticism. It is simply the ability to disagree productively with others while respecting their sincerity and decency. NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...clearly, we're supposed to be together. If this were the internet, seventeen-year-old girls would be writing slash fiction about us as we speak. NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...colonialism in Africa was inevitable since the fittest and most creative person was the one that would be destined to lead. NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...co-rumination: the problem of talking too much about anything. Specifically,... when girls rehash their problems excessively, it leads to depression, anxiety, and a sense of hopelessness. NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~

...and yet the idea is hard to accept, it's so hard to succeed in making something happen, even what's been decided on and planned out, not even the will of a god seems forceful enough to manage it, if our own will is made in its semblance. It NEUTRALS FAV ABHISHEK ~~~NOVA~~~