Willed Quotes (page 513)
![Eugene O'Neill quote: "it will be faithful realism, at least. Stammering is the..."](/pic/340336/600x316/quotation-eugene-oneill-it-will-be-faithful-realism-at-least-stammering.jpg)
![C. S. Lewis quote: "To know what would have happened, child?... No. Nobody is ever..."](/pic/340297/600x316/quotation-c-s-lewis-to-know-what-would-have-happened-child-no.jpg)
What a story it is. It is filled with suffering and hunger and cold and death. It is replete with accounts of freezing rivers that had to be waded through; of howling blizzards; of the long, slow climb up Rocky Ridge. with the passing of this anniversary year, it may become largely forgotten. But hopefully it will be told again and again to remind future generations of the suffering and the faith of those who came before. Their faith is our inheritance. Their faith is a reminder to us...
Gordon B. Hinckley
![James Stephens quote: "Fionn went [...] to carve a name for himself that will live..."](/pic/340232/600x316/quotation-james-stephens-fionn-went-to-carve-a-name-for-himself.jpg)
It's a curious thing in American life that the most abject nonsense will be excused if the utterer can claim the sanction of religion. A country which forbids an established church by law is prey to any denomination. The best that can be said is that this is pluralism of a kind.
Christopher Hitchens
A noiseless patient spider, I mark'd where on a little promontory it stood isolated, Mark'd how to explore the vacant vast surrounding, It launch'd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself, Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them. And you O my soul where you stand, Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space, Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing, seeking the spheres to connect them, Till the bridge you will need be form'd, till the ductile anchor hold, Till the...
Walt Whitman
Well, I started out down a dirty road. Started out all alone. And the sun went down as I crossed the hill. And the town lit up, the world got still. I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing. Well, the good ol' days may not return. And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn. I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing. Well, some say life will beat you down. Break your heart, steal your crown. So I've started out for God...
Tom Petty
![Isaac Asimov quote: "Above all, never think you're not good enough. Never think..."](/pic/340117/600x316/quotation-isaac-asimov-above-all-never-think-youre-not-good-enough.jpg)
We fall in love because we long to escape from ourselves with someone as beautiful, intelligent, and witty as we are ugly, stupid, and dull. But what if such a perfect being should one day turn around and decide they will love us back? We can only be somewhat shocked-how can they be as wonderful as we had hoped when they have the bad taste to approve of someone like us?
Alain de Botton