"In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered part of the elite"

“I was so busy fighting and so busy trying to keep everything above water that I didn't realize I was spiraling downward with nowhere to go.”

“Our existence in this place, this microscopic corner of the cosmos, is fleeting. With utter disregard for our wants and needs, nature plays out its grand acts on scales of space and time that are truly hard to grasp. Perhaps all we can look to for real solace is our endless capacity to ask questions and seek answers about the place we find ourselves in.”

Source : Caleb Scharf (2012). “Gravity's Engines: How Bubble-Blowing Black Holes Rule Galaxies, Stars, and Life in the Cosmos”, p.187, Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux

“For where the church is, there is the Spirit of God, and where the Spirit of God, there is the church and all grace.”

“Here’s what I learned: First thing in the morning, before I have drowned myself in coffee, while I still have that sleepy brain I used to believe was useless — that is the best brain for creative writing. Words come pouring out easily while my head still feels as if it is full of ground fog, wrapped in flannel and gauze, and surrounded by a hive of humming, velvety sleep bees.”

“How sad, that the group with the most access to the truth chose in several strategic instances to look the other way.”

“When you have an acoustic bass in the ensemble it really changes the dynamic of the record because it kind of forces everybody to play with a greater degree of sensitivity and nuance because it just has a different kind of tone and spectrum than the electric bass.”

“There is a question as to whether these rallies [2016] are going to stop in the fall. I think they should continue. They are a tremendous display of energy but also a source of energy, because people come out of them ready to fight.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

“We have our own language. Christianese... We don't say 'He's out of his mind,' no, we say 'That's our youth pastor.”