Quotemeal for Wednesday, October 31, 2012

"Satan promises the best, but pays with the worst; he promises honor, and pays with disgrace; he promises pleasure, and pays with pain; he promises profit, and pays with loss, he promises life, and pays with death. But God pays as he promises; all his payments are made in pure gold."

— Thomas Brooks

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— Frederick Buechner —

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— Thornton Wilder —

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