"Even among the angels, there is the sadness of division."

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Source : Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.185, W. W. Norton & Company

Nicole Krauss

#Angel Quotes #Sadness Quotes #Division Quotes

“The black family survived centuries of slavery and generations of Jim Crow, but it has disintegrated in the wake of the liberals' expansion of the welfare state.”
“I've only played for Watford, so I'm a one-man club.”
“We had two rules growing up in my house: If you're going to take a shower, do it with whomever you're dating so you don't waste water; and if you buy one for yourself, buy six, because everybody's going to want one.”
“Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.”
“We must also remember some of the key lessons of Scripture. In our weakness he is strong. He can use suffering to strengthen our character. He can use evil to accomplish good (precisely the nature of the discussion in the book of Habakkuk). God's sovereignty is demonstrated in that whatever personal or nonpersonal agents do, God takes it and turns it to his purpose.”

Source : John H. Walton (2010). “The Lost World of Genesis One: Ancient Cosmology and the Origins Debate”, p.134, InterVarsity Press
“When I was in high school I asked myself at one point: "Why do I care if my high school's team wins the football game? I don't know anybody on the team, they have nothing to do with me... why am I here and applaud? It does not make any sense." But the point is, it does make sense: It's a way of building up irrational attitudes of submission to authority and group cohesion behind leadership elements. In fact it's training in irrational jingoism. That's also a feature of competitive sports.”
“When we're not trying to kill each other with spells, we just sit in in Daniel's dressing room watching cricket games on television.”
“I meditated on love and reasoned it out. I realized what is wrong with us. Men fall in love for the first time. And what do they fall in love with? ...They fall in love with a woman. They start at the wrong end of love. They begin at the climax. Can you wonder it is so miserable? Do you know how men should love? A tree. A rock. A cloud.”

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