Why should any man have power over any other man's faith, seeing Christ Himself is the author of it?

One of the things I said was that I had been in great hopes that I would become a better person as a result of confronting my own mortality, but it actually never happened. I didn't become a better person.

She's not happy about the life she is living but to jump through the hoop would mean to succumb to death.

You don't have people chanting 'Death to America' in Israel.

Self-pity, a dominant characteristic of sociopaths, is also the characteristic that differentiates heroic storytelling from psychological rumination. When you talk about your experiences to shed light, you may feel wrenching pain, grief, anger, or shame. Your audience may pity you, but not because you want them to.