"Sometimes the whole world is mud luscious and puddle wonderful"

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Source : Thomas M. Disch (2000). “The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World”, p.207, Simon and Schuster

Thomas M. Disch

#World Quotes #Mud Quotes #Puddles Quotes

“I'm going to show you the real New York - witty, smart, and international - like any metropolis. Tell me this: where in Europe can you find old Hungary, old Russia, old France, old Italy? In Europe you're trying to copy America, you're almost American. But here you'll find Europeans who immigrated a hundred years ago - and we haven't spoiled them. Oh, Gio! You must see why I love New York. Because the whole world's in New York....”
“If we can redefine marriage as between two men or two women or any other way based on social pressures as opposed to between a man and a woman, we will continue to redefine it in any way that we wish, which is a slippery slope with a disastrous ending, as witnessed in the dramatic fall of the Roman Empire.”
“When you give, expect nothing from people and everything from Allah.”

Source : FaceBook post by Omar Suleiman from Feb 10, 2014
“As adults, we try to develop the character traits that would have rescued our parents.”
“There is always a philosophy for lack of courage.”
“I will come back to India - so deal with it.”
“What happiness is there which is not purchased with more or less of pain?”
“When I come clean about my brokenness, others catch glimpses of how the real grace of a real God works in the messy life of a real person.”

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