"There is no greater power on this earth than story.â€ Will paced the length of the room. â€œPeople think boundaries and borders build nations. Nonsenseâ€”words do. Beliefs, declarations, constitutionsâ€”words. Stories. Myths. Lies. Promises. History.â€ Will grabbed the sheaf of newspaper clippings he kept in a stack on his desk. â€œThis, and theseâ€â€”he gestured to the libraryâ€™s teeming shelvesâ€”â€œtheyâ€™re a testament to the countryâ€™s rich supernatural history."

-- Libba Bray

#Country Quotes #Lying Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“...no movement for social change has ever succeeded without 'the militarism component'....Thinkers may prepare revolutions, but bandits must carry them out”
“Feed sparingly and defy the physician.”
“Above all, avoid falsehood, every kind of falsehood, especially falseness to yourself. Watch over your own deceitfulness and look into it every hour, every minute.”
“The repression of the memory is dependent upon and related to the suppression of feeling, for as long as the feeling persists, the memory remains vivid.”
“South Carolina is not a state; it is a cult.”

Source : Pat Conroy (2016). “A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life”, p.61, Nan A. Talese
“Come back to yourself. Return to the voice of your body. Trust that much.”
“We never really know what might be beside us or ahead, but most days we walk as if we do.”

Source : Katherine Catmull (2012). “Summer and Bird”, p.61, Penguin
“I'm a pastor of a local church. I'm not a televangelist. I've never had a televised program. I'm a pastor. A pastor's role is to care and comfort, encourage, teach, and everything that I do, even when I meet with world leaders, is from a pastor's heart.”

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