The “Word of God” is not simply the Christian Bible but exists in a threefold form: “The Word” incarnate (Jesus Followers’ King), the word prophesied and proclaimed (Prophets), and the word in scripture (Bible). All three are the self-disclosure of God, The One
Gary PattonTags: bible trinity father son holy-spirit the-word
I think Dad wanted to feel the pain, to feel his body cry, an urgent reminder that he was still alive. I pretended not to notice.
Raquel CepedaTags: pain mortality father alive father-and-daughter
There's no better cure for the fear of taking after one's father, than not to know who he is.
André GideTags: fear parents fathers father cure
A mother is always a mother, since a mother is a biological fact, whilst a father is a movable feast.
Angela CarterTags: parents mother father angela-carter
He always called me Daughter. It was to distinguish me from his sister Ava. I loved being called Daughter. It sounded so possessive, and to be possessed when you are a child is just a wonderful feeling. It makes you feel safe. It makes you feel loved.
Ava GardnerTags: father ava-gardner
Two blades clashed, ringing like a bell. Like all small boys, Philip thought his father was invincible; and this was the moment when he learned the truth.
Ken FollettTags: perception boy battle father
He died at the wrong time, when there was much to be clarified and established. They hadn’t even started to be grown-ups together. There was this piece of heaven, this little girl he’d carried around the shop on his shoulders; and then one day she was gone, replaced by a foreigner, an uncooperative woman he didn’t know how to speak to. Being so confused, so weak, so in love, he chose strength and drove her away from himself. The last years he spent wondering where she’d gone, and slowly came to realise that she would never return, and that the husband he’d chosen for her was an idiot.
Hanif KureishiTags: parents regret father father-daughter
We never get over our fathers, and we’re not required to. (Irish Proverb)
Martin SheenTags: fathers father fatherhood irish-proverbs
There were two types of strong men: those like Uncle Monty and Abe Steinheim, remorseless about their making money, and those like my father, ruthlessly obedient to their idea of fair play.
Philip RothTags: human-nature fair-play father
Run, Torak! The bear...is...possessed...
Michelle PaverTags: death danger father brother wolf bear michelle paver torak
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