James L. Rubart Quotes

“Utterly engulfed,
And wanting more.
Buried,
Drowned,
Intoxicated,
With the vastness of love.
Losing myself as the waves wash over me,
Through me,
Surrounding me,
Caught up in the a hurricane of overwhelming peace,
I have let go,
And He has found me.”

— James L. Rubart

“You don't have to own something for it to be you. Haven't you ever gone into a gallery and seen a painting and said 'that's me'. Or had a piece of music capture something deep down you didn't even know was there? You realize it's always been part of youl you've just never heard it before.”

— James L. Rubart

“I'm not scared of dying. Not at all. The only thing I'm scared of is not living while I'm still alive.”

— James L. Rubart

“I think all people have things in their past they need forgiveness for. In their present as well. And they need to be extended grace for what they regret.”

— James L. Rubart

“You need to let some light into whatever dark closest you're hanging out in at the moment.”

— James L. Rubart

I don't like perfect people. They're usually not.

— James L. Rubart

“Some pieces can't ever be restored.”

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“Dads are supposed to pursue sons, not the other way around.”

— James L. Rubart

“You are no one and you are everyone.
You are glorious and you are nothing.
You are mountains and valleys.
You are glory and sin.
And even when in the heart of your glory you can't comprehend
how deep his passion for you runs,
Take hold of who you are.
Run before the wind of the destiny He has created for you,
And seek Him in every moment.”

— James L. Rubart

“If I died tomorrow, he wouldn't cheer, he wouldn't break down. He wouldn't do anything.”

— James L. Rubart

“When someone sees something old they think it's worth more than something new. I'll give them that. The history, imagining who might have stood or sat or eaten at a piece hundreds of years before gives it a value you can't hang a price tag on, but I've never thought it was ten times the value of a new piece. I think some things are better when new, then you can grow old together.”

— James L. Rubart

“Its not that he didn't appreciate his dishwasher. There was something about washing dishes by hand that was therapeutic, as if he could wash away the regrets of the past and photos he wanted to wipe out of his memory forever.”

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“I'm not stonewalling; I'm just not into talking about religion, I told you that.”

— James L. Rubart

“I'll persuade you to tell me all about what kind of waters you've muddled your feet in, and I'll tell you about the trouble I've led skirmishes into for the past decade.”

— James L. Rubart

He glanced through the kitchen door at Tori sitting in front of his laptop. Would they be together in two months? Two years? Two decades? Did he want to be with her that long? Maybe. He didn't know and suspected she didn't know either. Three months together wasn't long enough to know, Actually it was. but he still needed time to ...

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Your heart broke again and again, and you tried to fix the pieces with the salves of the world. But they can only dull the pain; they cannot heal. You have been chained. You've hidden your heart in the dark places. But I came to heal the brokenhearted and set the captives free.

— James L. Rubart

“No! He tried to shout out but the water surged into his mouth and lungs choking his cry. Then darkness. And nothingness. Always the nothingness. Thicker this time as if it had fingers pulling him down and pulling the life out of him. Pulling his soul out of him.”

— James L. Rubart

“Have you ever told him how you feel? What he meant to you, what he probably still means to you?”

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“I have to fight the dreams every night, brother. I can't do it in real life as well.”

— James L. Rubart

“If what you do brings freedom and life, it is most likely Christianity. If it doesn't, it is probably religion, and there is already too much of that in the world.”

— James L. Rubart

“How would he answer the question? No idea. In that moment he realized something inside was very, very dead.”

— James L. Rubart

“It's your destiny to be here, Dana."
"Oh really. How nice. Is it Brandon's destiny to be here too?"
"Yep.”

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“We are so good at treating the symptoms and so lacking in curing the disease.”

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“In a sense, yes, but I have another concern that is a more imminent threat that is occupying the vast majority of my prefrontal cortex."
"I'm guessing that's part of the brain."
"In rudimentary terms it's the area of the brain where we make decisions."
Brandon scrunched up his face and pressed his finger into his cheek. "What does rudimentary mean?"
"It means
"
"I'm kidding, Professor." Brandon laughed and punched Marcus playfully in the arm. "I did go to school for a few years, you know.”

— James L. Rubart

You know, people think I'm a little crazy because of what I do for fun, but I don't think I have anything on you.

— James L. Rubart

When you wish upon objects in the sky,
Not knowing if you'll live or die,
Heal my heart and heal my head,
And for once sweet dreams,
When I crash in bed.

— James L. Rubart

“Did you know that almost everybody has stuff in their life they don't like dealing with? And stuff they're scared of?”

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Real life isn't like those comic books you love so much.

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“On your heart, what are you hearing from God?”

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“All I saw in his eyes during my last impromptu was visit was apathy. A healthy dose of it. It's not that he hates me; it's that he's devoid of any type of emotions toward me.”

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Don't do that to me. Losing you would not be good for my mental health, get it?

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“Interesting, Micah headed into town for groceries. He glanced at his fuel gage. Almost empty. Perfect excuse to stop”

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“I want you to lock an image of these falls into your mind. I want you to consider it every time you press into the Spirit.'
Reece stooped and picked up a leaf lying on the platform, held it up, and pointed to a drop of dew that hung from the end. 'This is the amount of water most people who follow Jesus tap into. But that'
Reece pointed at the falls
'is the kind of power available when we fully tap into the Spirit.”

— James L. Rubart

“A man who is told learns with his head; a man who experiences the lesson learns with”

— James L. Rubart

“Across his forehead was stamped the word WORTHLESS. How ironic. Exactly what someone might find stamped on his own forehead if they could see it. Physician, heal thyself.”

— James L. Rubart

Brandon tilted his head back and closed his eyes. Unbelievable. He had his name. God had given it. Just like Reece said he would.

— James L. Rubart

Max is short for General Maximus Decimus Meridius.

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Tonight let's slay some dragons.

— James L. Rubart

“Who wants to go down the creepy, smelly staircase into God only knows what?" Brandon said.
"I'm going," Dana said.
"I'm with you." Reece stared at Brandon.
"Why not?" Brandon shrugged. "It's not like we have the chance of bumping into anything, say, demonic. Right?”

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“Brandon reached down and yanked up a handful of grass and roots, the sides of the blades cutting into his hand like a razor. What happened to the grass, Dana? Why isn't it green anymore?”

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“I know of a home on the West Coast where each room was a part of a person's soul.”

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“Reece shook his head. "No, just the opposite. We'll stay out."
"What?" Brandon frowned.
Dana stared at Reece with a look of horror.
"It needs to be you, Brandon. You need to go in alone.”

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“Dana raised her head, opened her eyes, and looked at Brandon a long time before speaking. Her gaze moved down to his hands. She lurched out of her seat and clutched Brandon's arms. "Tell me what happened in there!" She touched his palms with the tips of her fingers. "Where did these come from?"
He looked at his arms and hands. Thin cuts lined them. They weren't deep but they stung like alcohol had been poured into them. "There was a bit of a battle. It's okay." He smiled at her. "It was worth it. You're worth it.”

— James L. Rubart

“And yet the enemy is the one who set up the circumstances to make you believe that in the first place. First he gets us to make a vow, then beats us up when we continue to agree.”

— James L. Rubart

Maybe it was teleportation. The Spirit took you there."
"That might explain my visit to the soccer game, but it doesn't elucidate why I was in two different editions of the bakery."
"Elucidate?"
"Clarify, expound, explicate ... "
"You should have stopped at expound."
"Brandon! I need assistance here.

— James L. Rubart