"I let myself feel good and sorry for myself, but only for a second. Daddy always said that the most useless of all human emotions was self-pity."

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Gabrielle Zevin

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“It is on account neither of God's weakness nor ignorance that evil comes into the world, but rather it is due to the order of his wisdom and the greatness of his goodness that diverse grades of goodness occur in things, many of which would be lacking if no evil were permitted. Indeed, the good of patience would not exist without the evil of persecution; nor the good of preservation of life in a lion if not for the evil of the destruction of the animals on which it lives.”
“Oh! welcome to the wearied Earth The Sabbath resting comes, Gathering the sons of toil and care Back to their peaceful homes; And, like a portal to the skies, Opens the House of God, Where all who seek may come and learn The way the Saviour trod. But holier to the wanderer seems The Sabbath on the deep, When on, and on, in ceaseless course, The toiling bark must keep, And not a trace of man appears Amid the wilderness Of waters--then it comes like dove Direct from heaven to bless.”
“Life and mind are continuously in conflict with each other. I want happiness, security. I won't reach that by considerations of my mind; on the contrary they will lead to a certain despair of the inner person. Not what he thinks engages the artist, but what he feels.”

Source : Letter to H.P. Bremmer, as quoted in "Bram van Velde, A Tribute, Municipal Museum De Lakenhal Leiden, Municipal Museum Schiedam, Museum de Wieger", Deurne 1994 (English translation: Charlotte Burgmans), November 17, 1930.
“Being a son of the pastor, I was never allowed to play Joseph or any of the big parts for political reasons.”

Source : "The Devil in Tom Ellis". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 23, 2015.
“In the novel or the journal you get the journey. In a poem you get the arrival.”
“What's wrong with musicals now is all the gifted men who've died of AIDS-who would otherwise be here today creating great theater.”

Source : "Broadway Babylon: Glamour, Glitz, and Gossip on the Great White Way". Book by Boze Hadleigh, 2007.
“We wont develop until we accept that reading is a vital necessity.”

Source : Naguib Mahfouz (2016). “Sugar Street: The Cairo Trilogy”, p.89, Anchor
“We need more people who love humanity and the world, people who want to understand each other.”

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