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For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain. If people need religion, ignore them and maybe they will ignore you, and you can go on with your life. It wasn't until I was beginning to do Star Trek that the subject of religion arose. What brought it up was that people were saying that I would have a chaplain on board the Enterprise. I replied, "No, we don't. Gene Roddenberry
I am troubled, immeasurablyby your eyes. I am struck by the featherof your soft reply. The sound of glassspeaks quick, disdainand concealswhat your eyes fightto explain. Jim Morrison
He saw that the Prisoner had listened carefully all the time, looking gently in his face--But evidently he did not want to reply. The old man longed for Him to say something, however bitter and terrible. But he suddenly approached the old man in silence and softly kissed him on the forehead. Fyodor Dostoevsky
...If there's a noise in the woods, and there's nobody around to hear it, is it really a noise?"Of course it is," she replied calmly."How did you reach that conclusion?" Beldin demanded."Because there's no such thing as an empty place, uncle. There are always creatures around --wild animals, mice, insects, birds --and they can all hear."But what if there weren't? What if the woods are truly empty?"Why waste your time talking about an impossibility? David Eddings
E. M. Forster quote: "He questioned Maurice, who, when he grasped the point, was..."
He questioned Maurice, who, when he grasped the point, was understood to reply that deeds are more important than words. E. M. Forster
Sounded to me like he had a pretty good idea what he was saying," Van replied, with surprisingly little anger. "It's a pity he had to overintellectualize like that. He did such good work, and then he had to go and intellectualize it. Jonathan Franzen
From now on I'm thinking only of me."Major Danby replied indulgently with a superior smile: "But, Yossarian, suppose everyone felt that way."Then," said Yossarian, "I'd certainly be a damned fool to feel any other way, wouldn't I? Joseph Heller
Her beauty satisfied [his] artistic eye, her peculiarities piqued his curiosity, her vivacity lightened his ennui, and her character interested him by the unconscious hints it gave of power, pride and passion. So entirely natural and unconventional was she that he soon found himself on a familiar footing, asking all manner of unusual questions, and receiving rather piquant replies. Louisa May Alcott
Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them."I don't believe in ghosts," I said, faintly."Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there," she replied. Sue Grafton
I’ve been through all this before,’ he says to his heart. “ ‘Yes, you have been through all this before,’ replies his heart. ‘But you have never been beyond it. Paulo Coelho
A lover asked his beloved, Do you love yourself more than you love me? Beloved replied, I have died to myself and I live for you. I've disappeared from myself and my attributes, I am present only for you. I've forgotten all my learnings, but from knowing you I've become a scholar. I've lost all my strength, but from your power I am able. I love myself...I love you. I love you...I love myself. Rumi
Jules Verne quote: "Oh!' cried Neb, 'suppose it's jam!''I hope not,' replied the..."
Oh!' cried Neb, 'suppose it's jam!''I hope not,' replied the reporter. Jules Verne
But that's not the name of a man, it's the name of a mountain! (...) "It is my name," Athos said calmly. "But you said your name was d'Artagnan." "I?" "Yes, you." "That is to say, someone said to me: 'You are M. d'Artagnan?' I replied: 'You think so?' My guards shouted that they were sure of it. I did not want to vex them. Besides, I might have been mistaken. Alexander Dumas
Taylor Swift quote: "Just because as human beings, what we can't have is what we..."
Just because as human beings, what we can't have is what we reply in our head over and over again before we go to sleep. Taylor Swift
Among Chuang-tzu's many skills, he was an expert draftsman. The king asked him to draw a crab. Chuang-tzu replied that he needed five years, a country house, and twelve servants. Five years later the drawing was still not begun. "I need another five years," said Chuang-tzu. The king granted them. At the end of these ten years, Chuang-tzu took up his brush and, in an instant, with a single stroke, he drew a crab, the most perfect crab ever seen. [Calvino retells this Chinese story] Italo Calvino

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