So why are you here?" He lifted his hands and made as if to lay them on her arms, but just before they touched he stopped and let them fall. Then, simply, as though it were all the explanation she could ever need, he said, "Because I love you.
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PIKE The detached observer's view is one window on the world. KENNETH L. PIKE Feast of James the Apostle Upon a little reflection one can see that no concepts which are restri... KENNETH L. PIKE But since cause and effect is under the personal control of God, He can introduce into the situation... KENNETH L. PIKE Assumptions based on faith are apparently an ever-present component in any system of belief -- wheth... KENNETH L. PIKE Feast of Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 Commemoration of Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymnograp... KENNETH L. PIKE He may effect us directly by His Spirit, with the force of a thunderbolt, or He may choose to woo us... KENNETH L. PIKE Commemoration of Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525 "Help!" "Sorry! 'monmywaytochurch." ... KENNETH L. PIKE I did enter into this relationship thinking she and I could have a life together. I was dead wrong. CHERYL PIKE BARLOW The marvelous thing is that even in studying linguistics, we find that the universe as a whole is pa... KENNETH L. PIKE Language is not merely a set of unrelated sounds, clauses, rules, and meanings; it is a total cohere... KENNETH L. PIKE That a society controls, to a greater or lesser extent, the behavior of its members is a universal; ... KENNETH L. PIKE Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success. KENNETH L. PIKE Verbal and nonverbal activity is a unified whole, and theory and methodology should be organized or ... KENNETH L. PIKE When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God. KENNETH L. PIKE The price that one pays for refusing to act on the truth as one sees it, is to be led to believe unt... KENNETH L. PIKE This required the development of a view which allowed one to integrate research with belief, thing w... KENNETH L. PIKE Nobody is as good as he thinks he is. KENNETH L. PIKE