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Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it. Richard Dawkins
Altogether it will be found that a quiet life is characteristic of great men, and that their pleasures have not been of the sort that would look exciting to the outward eye. Bertrand Russell
And thus it came to pass that the Silmarils found their long homes: one in the airs of heaven, and one in the fires of the heart of the world, and one in the deep waters. J. R. R. Tolkien
John Fowles quote: "I had got away from what I hated, but I hadn’t found where I..."
I had got away from what I hated, but I hadn’t found where I loved, and so I pretended that there was nowhere to love. John Fowles
Meat is necessary when there is hard physical work to be done, or in a very cold climate, or when edible plants cannot be found...Animal flesh provides all the substances we need, both for the intensive working of our organism and for maintaining a normal temperature in cold climates. G. I. Gurdjieff
Alexander the Great found the philosopher looking attentively at a pile of human bones. Diogenes explained, "I am searching for the bones of your father but cannot distinguish them from those of a slave. Diogenes
The only slight disconcertance being that in the middle of looking at a paintings [in the Museum of Modern Art] she always found herself desperately needing to take a pee. And grandmother's voice in her ear.'My dear, if you really have to, only clean, very clean rest rooms will do. J. P. Donleavy
Jean-Paul Sartre quote: "I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me..."
I had found my religion: nothing seemed more important to me than a book. I saw the library as a temple. Jean-Paul Sartre
And so this added consideration - that she never get pregnant - contributed to the moderation of their coupling, which was almost always managed under conditions harsh enough to win the approval of New England's founding fathers John Irving
That would be no good," said the wizard, "not without a mighty. Warrior, even a Hero. I tried to find one; but warriors are busy fightingone another in distant lands, and in this neighbourhood heroes are scarce, or simply not to be found. J. R. R. Tolkien
Those who sought her never found her, yet she was known to come to the aid of those in greatest need. And, then again, sometimes she didn’t. She was like that. She didn’t like the clicking of rosaries, but was attracted to the sound of dice. No man knew what She looked like, although there were many times when a man who was gambling his life on the turn of the cards would pick up the hand he had been dealt and stare Her full in the face. Of course, sometimes he didn’t. Among all the gods she... Terry Prachett
Jaq: By my troth, I was seeking for a fool when I found you. Orl: He is drowned in the brook, look but in and you shall see him. Jaq: There I shall see mine own figure. Orl: Which I take to be either a fool or a cipher. William Shakespeare
Buut how to fight with singers, how to win a gift that could only be given freely- those were questions whose answers could not be found. Orson Scott Card
My spirits rose as I went deeper; into the forest; but I could not regain my former elasticity of mind. I found cheerfulness to be like life itself - not to be created by any argument. Afterwards I learned, that the best way to manage some kinds of pain fill thoughts, is to dare them to do their worst; to let them lie and gnaw at your heart till they are tired; and you find you still have a residue of life they cannot kill. So, better and worse, I went on, till I came to a little clearing in... George MacDonald
Hammond turned to Gennaro. "You know, of course, what Dr. Grant and Dr. Sattler do. They are paleontologists. They dig up dinosaurs." And then he began to laugh, as if he found the idea very funny. Michael Crichton

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