"He took a step toward her, than another, tentatively, gathering all his strength, as though about to throw a heavy switch that would, if his calculations were correct, bring light to a hundred cities and ten thousand darkened rooms. He was going to ask her to dance - that was all."

-- Michael Chabon

#Cities Quotes #Light Quotes #Rooms Quotes

“Death is better than slavery.”

Source : Harriet Ann Jacobs, Lydia Maria Child (2011). “The Deeper Wrong: Or, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”, p.96, Cambridge University Press
“Only human beings can reorder their lives any day they choose by refining their philosophy.”
“If Satan has blinded and bound men and women, how can we ever see souls saved? This is where you and I enter the picture. Spoiling the goods of the strong man has to do with liberating those whom Satan has blinded and is keeping bound. . . . This is where prayer comes in.”
“This is true religion, to approve what God approves, to hate what he hates, and to delight in what delights him”

Source : Charles Hodge (1841). “The Way of Life”, p.300
“If we accept that we have at least an iota of free will, we cannot throw it back the moment things go wrong. Like a human parent, God will help us when we ask for help, but in a way that will make us more mature, more real, not in a way that will diminish us.”
“To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them - the whole leaf and root tribe.”
“I know a lot about a few things - mostly useless things.”
“I don't really study the guys that I'm racing against.”

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