"I can indeed hardly see how anyone ought to wish Christianity to be true for if so the plain language of the text seems to show that the men who do not believe, and this would include my father, brother and almost all of my friends, will be everlastingly punished. And this is a damnable doctrine."

-- Charles Darwin

#Family Quotes #Brother Quotes #Atheist Quotes

“Was Daedalus really stricken with grief when Icarus fell into the sea? Or just disappointed by the design failure”

Source : Alison Bechdel (2007). “Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic”, p.15, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I don't think I was really addicted. I used it as a party tool.”
“...through schools of the world we shall disseminate a new conception of government - one that will embrace all of the collective activities of men; one that will postulate the need for scientific control and operation of economic activities in the interests of all people.”

Source : Harold Ordway Rugg (1933). “The great technology: social chaos and the public mind”
“Thus even as servers die or are put to sleep, even as operating systems come and go, I can carry the work forward-despite all of the progress around me. [...] But really, no complaints-it's fun to wander around in the middle of so much waste and progress, and I'd rather be here than anywhere. You just have to keep working out how to travel light and stay portable.”
“Hope is the mainspring of human action; faith seals our lease of immortality; and charity and love give the passport to the soul's true and lasting happiness.”
“It's only five rappers out of Atlanta who bussin and I'm one of 'em; the other four you know who you are; but if you gotta think twice (well) shawty ya ain't nice; regardless of ya publishin' deal ya can't write”
“Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent”

Source : Tahir Shah (2013). “In Search of King Solomon's Mines, paperback edition”, p.235, Lulu.com
“You are down there alone, the stars seemed to say to him. And we are up here, in our constellations, together.”

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