"In the light of her son's comment she reconsidered the scene at the mosque, to see whose impression was correct. Yes it could be worked into quite an unpleasant scene. The doctor had begun by bullying her, had said Mrs Callendar was nice, and then - finding the ground safe - had changed; he had alternately whined over his grievances and patronized her, had run a dozen ways in a single sentence, had been unreliable, inquisitive, vain. Yes, it was all true, but how false as a summary of the man; the essential life of him had been slain."

E. M. Forster

#Running Quotes #Bullying Quotes #Nice Quotes

“This is the problem of all great revelations: their significance so often exceeds the frame of our comprehension. We understand only after, always after. Not simply when it is too late, but precisely because it is too late.”

Source : R. Scott Bakker (2010). “The Darkness That Comes Before: Book 1 of the Prince of Nothing”, p.409, Hachette UK
“I came into the world very young, in an age that was very old.”
“Some children are born from heaven and others are born from hell, because each human being has his inherent tendencies, and these tendencies belong to his spirit, and indicate the state in which he existed before he was born.”

Source : Paracelsus (1918). “The Life and the Doctrines of Philippus Theophrastus, Bombast of Hohenheim Known by the Name of Paracelsus: Extracted and Translated from His Rare and Extensive Works and from Some Unpublished Manuscripts”
“George smiles to himself, with entire self-satisfaction. Yes, I am crazy, he thinks. That is my secret; my strength.”
“Baking is how you start kids at cooking in the kitchen. It's fun whether it's baking bread or cookies. With baking, you have to be exact when it comes to ingredients.”
“Philip Martin has written a wise, compassionate, and nurturing guide through the self-oppression of depression.”
“In a world without the law of God, you have chaos, oppression, tyranny, and everyone doing what is right in their own eyes.”
“Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.”

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