"I delight not in spreading any thing mysterious, for I consider it all lost time; but the things that all of us can see and know if we will."

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Source : Elias Hicks (1828). “The Quaker, Being a Series of Sermons by Members of the Society of Friends ...”, p.223

#Eugenics Quotes #Delight Quotes #Mysterious Quotes

“You were born with your legs apart. They'll send you to the grave in a Y-shaped coffin.”

Source : What the Butler Saw (1969) act 1
“I will never brag about myself, but my family, I can go on forever.”
“Faith is the realization that God's pleasure in you will never be based upon your performance for him.”
“I don't force it. If you don't have an idea and you don't hear anything going over and over in your head, don't sit down and try to write a song. You know, go mow the lawn...My songs speak for themselves.”
“The writing of a novel or short story or poem or whatever should elevate the audience, not drag the writer down to some level beneath herself. And she - the author - should fight always to prevent that dragging down, especially when the only possible benefit of allowing it to happen is monetary.”

Source : Caitlín R. Kiernan's blog entry (greygirlbeast.livejournal.com), January 10, 2005.
“Not every puzzle is intended to be solved. Some are in place to test your limits. Others are, in fact, not puzzles at all...”
“I have learned something about the job of being the President's wife. She is not chosen by anyone except her husband and she really has no obligations except to him.”
“It is what is painted between the outlines that makes the difference between merely competent painting and really meaningful art.”

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