"Losing faith is a complicated business and takes time. There are no epiphanies, no "moments of truth." It takes much thought and concentration in the later phases, which thenselves come about through an accumulation of small accidents: examples of general injustice, misfortune falling upon the godly, prayers of one's own unanswered."

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Source : Thomas Pynchon (2012). “V.”, p.219, Penguin

Thomas Pynchon

#Prayer Quotes #Fall Quotes #Godly Quotes

“I am the Alexander Graham Bell of the phone company, the Christopher Columbus of America because after 'The Twist' everything changed, .. Watch the films from 1958 up to 1959, and watch American Bandstand during that time. After the song came out, everything was different.”
“Why did I become Jackie Chan? Mostly because I work very hard. When people were sleeping, I was still training.”
“I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious.”
“Putting a stamp on things just helps you say, 'Hey, yesterday I was there, and today I'm here.' It's another step forward, and it feels like another turning point and an unleashing of creativity, and now I'm going to start focusing on the show and the production, the fun stuff that comes with it.”
“Eventually I would like to reach the stage where I don't have to write about love and kisses and all that stuff. I wish I could write about really ultimate things. That's where I think all of us want to go, really. All the groups seem to be heading towards a kind of pop music that deals with ultimate things.”
“I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.”
“He that slayeth an ox is as he that killeth a human.”
“Content is not just king, it is the emperor of all things electronic.”

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