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And the nice thing about writing a novel is you take your time, you sit with the character sometimes nine years, you look very deeply at a situation, unlike in real life when we just kind of snap something out. Sandra Cisneros
Even though Christ Himself would not deliver us from the power of the Totalitarian State, as He did not deliver Himself, we must see His purpose in it all. Maybe his children are being persecuted by the world in order that they might withdraw themselves from the world. Maybe His most violent enemies may be doing His work negatively, for it could be the mission of totalitarianism to preside over the liquidation of a modern world that became indifferent to God and His moral laws. Fulton J. Sheen
Amid the seeming confusion of our mysterious world , individuals are so nicely adjusted to a system, and systems to one another and to a whole, that, by stepping aside for a moment, a man exposes himself to a fearful risk of losing his place forever. (Wakefield) Nathaniel Hawthorne
How thoroughly it is ingrained in mathematical science that every real advance goes hand in hand with the invention of sharper tools and simpler methods which, at the same time, assist in understanding earlier theories and in casting aside some more complicated developments. David Hilbert
Igor Stravinsky quote: "I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have..."
I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it. Igor Stravinsky
Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em. William Wycherley
Charles Spurgeon quote: "A Jesus who never wept could never wipe away my tears."
A Jesus who never wept could never wipe away my tears. Charles Spurgeon
On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be. Brian Clough
Once in a dream I saw a snake swallowing its own tail, it swallowed and swallowed until it got halfway round, and there it stopped and there it stayed, it was stuffed with its own self. Some fix, that. We only have ourselves to go on, and it’s enough… Charles Bukowski
Arnold Bennett quote: "Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world."
Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world. Arnold Bennett
Wallace Stevens quote: "How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts..."
How full of trifles everything is! It is only one's thoughts that fill a room with something more than furniture. Wallace Stevens
Very important thing to keep in mind, that when justice comes and when injustices are remedied, they’re not remedied by the initiative of the national government or the politicians. They only respond to the power of social movements. Howard Zinn
Scott Thompson quote: "If comedy duos don't like each other, it just won't work."
If comedy duos don't like each other, it just won't work. Scott Thompson
Thomas Merton quote: "Conscience is the light by which we interpret the will of God..."
Conscience is the light by which we interpret the will of God in our own lives. Thomas Merton
If money is the bond binding me to human life, binding society to me, binding me and nature and man, is not money the bond of all bonds? Can it not dissolve and bind all ties? Is it not, therefore, the universal agent of separation? Karl Marx