"Electricity, the peril the wind sings to in the wires on a gray day."

-- Janet Frame

#Wind Quotes #Wire Quotes #Electricity Quotes

“"Agnostic" is a much more recent word than "atheist", coined by Thomas Huxley in 1869 to mean "without knowledge of God" and acquiring the usage of "being doubtful about the existence of God."”

Source : Jim Herrick (1985). “Against the Faith: Essays on Deists, Skeptics, and Atheists”
“Arouse a bee and it will come at you with the force of a dragon.”
“If any of my competitors were drowning, I'd stick a hose in their mouth and turn on the water. It is ridiculous to call this an industry. This is not. This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I'll kill 'em, and I'm going to kill 'em before they kill me. You're talking about the American way - of survival of the fittest.”
“When a philosopher, scientist, or psychologist discusses the discrepancy between the actual and the ideal, he or she attempts to convince us with the tools of discursive thought ... An artist does it differently ... their primary approach is different, even though both groups, if you will, are investigating the actual, the ideal, and the discrepancy in between.”
“When we focus on our gratitude, the tide of disappointment goes out and the tide of love rushes in.”
“I snack on fruit and nuts. In the middle of my long workouts, I'll have a protein shake.”
“I tell children from all over the country that it's good to eat healthy and nothing to be ashamed about. They know me from the Subway commercials and can relate to what I'm saying.”
“Girls have to be toughened so they can survive a world that presses harder on women.”

Source : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (2014). “Oleander Girl: A Novel”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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