"Because faithfulness is not a human question, but a divine one."

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Source : Sebastian Barry (2008). “The Secret Scripture”, p.147, Faber & Faber

Sebastian Barry

#Faithfulness Quotes #Divine Quotes #Humans Quotes

“The idea that you can't be attractive and funny at the same time is something that I hate.”
“The moment of betrayal is the worst, the moment when you know beyond any doubt that you've been betrayed: that some other human being has wished you that much evil”
“The world of the quark has everything to do with a jaguar circling in the night.”
“I would not have a woman go to Congress merely because she is a woman.”

Source : Crystal Eastman (1978). “Crystal Eastman on Women and Revolution”, Oxford University Press, USA
“The superior power of population cannot be checked without producing misery or vice.”

Source : Thomas Robert Malthus (1959). “Population: The First Essay”, p.13, University of Michigan Press
“Over the past 30 years, hand grenades, tanks, fighter jets, missiles, helicopters and assault rifles have replaced traditional floral patterns in rug making and other textiles. Depicting these realities of war has helped the Afghan people to survive during times of conflict.”
“Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life.”
“No agnostic ever burned anyone at the stake or tortured a pagan, a heretic, or an unbeliever.”

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