"Once you publish a book, it is out of your control. You cannot dictate how people read it."

-- Margaret Atwood

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“A combination of all that was best in the gladdest days of the departing year...”

Source : Shelby Foote (1963). “The Civil War: a narrative”
“Let it stand, therefore, as an indubitable truth, which no engines can shake, that the mind of man is so entirely alienated from the righteousness of God that he cannot conceive, desire, or design any thing but what is wicked, distorted, foul, impure, and iniquitous; that his heart is so thoroughly envenomed by sin that it can breathe out nothing but corruption and rottenness; that if some men occasionally make a show of goodness, their mind is ever interwoven with hypocrisy and deceit, their soul inwardly bound with the fetters of wickedness.”
“I do think that the fear mentality - of scarcity - comes from within.”
“The Universe is the periodical manifestation of this unknown Absolute Essence.”
“I do not speak carelessly or recklessly but with a definite object of helping the people, especially those of my race, to know, to understand, and to realize themselves.”
“Chemistry is a hard thing. I don't think you can force it, and it doesn't necessarily mean that you have to have great chemistry outside of work. It's just something that sparks on screen or doesn't.”

Source : "Tricia Helfer Interview DARK BLUE Season Two". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 3, 2010.
“Humor is an antidote to all ills”

Source : Patch Adams (1998). “Gesundheit!: Bringing Good Health to You, the Medical System, and Society through Physician Service, Complementary Therapies, Humor, and Joy”, p.76, Simon and Schuster
“Indeed the mystery of Christ runs the risk of being disbelieved precisely because it is so incredibly wonderful”

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