"What a fool I was! and yet, in the sight of angels, are we any wiser as we grow older? It seems to me, only, that our illusions change as we go on; but, still, we are madmen all the same."

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Source : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1975). “Ghost Stories and Mysteries”, p.38, Courier Corporation

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

#Angel Quotes #Sight Quotes #Fool Quotes

“I was kind of an invisible girl when I was young.”

Source : "'Silver Sparrow,' Tayari Jones' Tale Of Secret Sisters". "All Things Considered" with Michele Norris, www.npr.org. May 19, 2011.
“In a social environment that is ever crowded and impersonal, it is becoming increasingly important to reconsider the value of close personal relationships before we are driven to ask the forlorn question, 'Whatever happened to love?'”
“If our worship is just great youth meetings, nice songs, lots of jumping around and a few CDs, then we're missing it. Our vertical expression must have a horizontal effect. So, we'll continue to worship, praise and honour God with heart, soul, mind and strength the best we know how, but the fruit of that must be a generation who are totally committed to reaching the lost and helping those who need help, locally and globally.”
“Feminists do the best Photoshop because they leave the meat on your bones. They donâ€™t change your size or your skin color. They leave in your disgusting knuckles, but they may take out some armpit stubble. Not because theyâ€™re denying its existence, but because they understand that itâ€™s okay to make a photo look as if you were caught on your best day in the best light.”
“Even melon grown in shade will ripen in the end.”

Source : "Fictional character: Charlie Chan". "Docks of New Orleans", www.imdb.com. 1948.
“In the twilight, it was a vision of power.”
“The good work proceeds with tenacity, intention, without interruption, with an equal measure of passion and reason and it must surpass that goal the artist has set for himself.”
“New ideas are sometimes found in the most granular details of a problem where few others bother to look.”

Source : Nate Silver (2012). “The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-but Some Don't”, p.76, Penguin

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