"One leak will sink a ship: and one sin will destroy a sinner."

-- John Bunyan

#Ships Quotes #Sin Quotes #Leaks Quotes

“... class differences in health represent a double injustice: life is short where its quality is poor.”

Source : Richard G. Wilkinson, Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (1986). “Class and health”
“Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.”
“Not all men are the same, you know. With someone such as Gavriel, I would suggest appearing aloof, not chasing too much. He might see that as suffocating rather than charming." Her words are sharp, but her voice is sweet, like honey on the edge of a blade, and meant to be cutting. I comfort myself with the knowledge that if Duval ever feels smothered by me, it will be because I am holding a pillow over his face and commending his soul to Mortain.”
“I must follow my Lord.Â No matter what.Â I must renew my allegiance every morning.Â It is His voice I must listen to, not the voices of those around me, however strident, however persuasive.Â It is His Word that must govern my life, not the words of others.Â God Himself has written a Book (think of it!) that must be the authority in my life.”
“We knew - but didn't want to know - what was going to happen, the sky descending upon our heads like the shadow of a falling piano in a cartoon.”

Source : Aleksandar Hemon (2010). “Love and Obstacles”, p.66, Pan Macmillan
“Just getting totally absorbed in that and therefore when I came back around to [Buckminster Fuller] and found that much of it was made up, I realized that nevertheless, it really was crucial, crucial for how he understood himself, I believe, and certainly crucial for how anyone else ever engaged in his ideas and therefore as a starting point, how can we engage in his ideas today, but with a remove of knowing that it is a myth and being able to navigate it in that sort of level, at that level of reading him as a story.”
“Whatâ€™d I tell you about musicians? That bad boy type will only break your heart.”
“The Mars Rover sent back stunning photos [last week] indicating the past presence of water. The pictures show tiny splotches of blue on the Red Planet. The other theory is that the satellite dish on the rover accidentally picked up CNN's election coverage.”

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