"Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization."

-- Victor Hugo

#Smile Quotes #Jesus Quotes #Civilization Quotes

“I don't paint, I hit.”

Source : Karel Appel, Rudolf Herman Fuchs, Danubiana, Meulensteen Art Museum (2005). “Karel Appel: retrospective 1945-2005”, Artimo Foundation
“A song versus an album is not like a scene versus a play.”
“For me a page of good prose is where one hears the rain. A page of good prose is when one hears the noise of battle.... A page of good prose seems to me the most serious dialogue that well-informed and intelligent men and women carry on today in their endeavor to make sure that the fires of this planet burn peaceably.”
“Without wishing in the slightest degree to disparage the skill and labour of breadmakers by trade, truth compels us to assert our conviction of the superior wholesomeness of bread made in our own homes.”

Source : Eliza Acton (1868). “Modern Cookery, for Private Families: Reduced to a System of Easy Practice, in a Series of Carefully Tested Receipts, in which the Principles of Baron Liebig and Other Eminent Writers Have Been as Much as Possible Applied and Explained”, p.594
“I want to take my girls home.”
“Recently a young journalist came to interview me about what I was doing the day war broke out. During the course of the interview I recounted the deaths of my only brother, my husband's only brother, a brother in law and my four best friends. "So," she said, did the war affect you in any way?”
“Im happy to volunteer for the American Red Cross Celebrity Cabinet. The Red Cross is an organization that responds to those in need and it is an honor to help them with the lifesaving role they play everyday in communities nationwide.”
“You're stronger than you believe. Don't let your fear own you. Own yourself.”

Source : Michelle Hodkin (2013). “The Evolution of Mara Dyer”, p.318, Simon and Schuster

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