"I don't think literature would be possible in a determined world. We might go through the motions but the heart would be out of it. Nobody could then 'smile darkly and ignore the howls.' Even if there were no Church to teach me this, writing two novels would do it. I think the more you write, the less inclined you will be to rely on theories like determinism. Mystery isn't something that is gradually evaporating. It grows along with knowledge."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Writing Quotes #Heart Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I can't seem to be a pessimist long enough to overlook the possibility of things being overwhelmingly good.”

Source : John Corey Whaley (2014). “Noggin”, p.355, Simon and Schuster
“Why is it better to love than be loved? It is surer.”
“Make thyself perfect; others, happy.”
“More people have died in the name of religion than have ever died of cancer. And we try to cure cancer... What makes us take up arms against those who pray to the same God with different words?”
“In every business, in every industry, management does matter.”

Source : "Michael Eisner On Media's Future" by Peter Lauria, www.businessinsider.com. September 10, 2010.
“Do I not deal with angels When her lips I touch.”
“she had long accepted the fact that happiness is like swallows in Spring. It may come and nest under your eaves or it may not. You cannot command it. When you expect to be happy you are not, when you don't expect to be happy there's suddenly Easter in your soul, though it be midwinter.”
“Theres beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes and witness it. Some days, thats harder than others.”

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