"Darkness is only light's absence."

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Source : Andrew Clements (2008). “Things That Are”, p.32, Penguin

Andrew Clements

#Light Quotes #Darkness Quotes #Absence Quotes

“Recipes don't work unless you use your heart!”
“The real question is what to live for. And I can't answer it. Except another one of your records. And another chance for me to write. Art for art's sake, corny as that sounds.”
“Was the Vietnam conflict a war which should have, as a matter of constitutional law, required a declaration of war by Congress?”

Source : "Excerpts From Ruling on Internet: 'Statute Abridges the Freedom of Speech'". www.nytimes.com. June 27, 1997.
“Not till the poets among us can be "literalists of the imagination"-above insolence and triviality and can present for inspection, "imaginary gardens with real toads in them." shall we have it.”
“In every aspect of life, including the economic dimension, we are always challenged to do the right thing. In many cases in the market system, which allows a great deal of latitude for human choice, people can get carried away to excess.”

Source : "Ethics, Enterprise, and the Multinational Corporation". Religion & Liberty Journal Interview, acton.org. July 20, 2010.
“I am the same on camera as I am off. I can't imagine being any other way.”
“Physiological experiment on animals is justifiable for real investigation, but not for mere damnable and detestable curiosity.”
“If you can't do anything but fight, so every single solitary thing, every single solitary day, then the privilege of dreaming becomes something that only a few people have.”

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