"Wit, like poetry, is insusceptible of being constructed upon rules founded merely in reason. Like faith, it exists independent of reason, and sometimes in hostility to it."

-- Christian Nestell Bovee

#Independent Quotes #Sometimes Quotes #Reason Quotes

“Every day is a school day. I learn something new every day, and I never know what's going to happen next.”
“My first book was called 'Buried Dreams,' about a serial-killer, which was probably about ten years ahead of the serial-killer curve. It was a national bestseller, but it was three years of living in the sewer of this guy's mind.”
“the profession of the ministry is like matrimony: if it is possible for you to keep out of it, it's a sign that you've no business to go into it!”

Source : Margaret Deland (2010). “Around Old Chester”, p.67, Wildside Press LLC
“She, too, spoke only when the queen or king addressed her first, but she looked searchingly at every supplicant, and her clear face said that she had opinions about everything she heard, and that it was her proud duty to think out those opinions, and make them responsible and coherent.”
“Fundamentalist Christianity is not just a threat to lesbians and gays, but to all Americans who cherish democracy and the rights and protections guaranteed us by the U.S. constitution.”
“I am personally not against keeping animals at zoos, as they serve a huge educational purpose, but treating them well and with respect seems the least we could do, and with 'we' I mean not just zoo staff, but most certainly also the public.”
“I was steeped in the understanding that if 'something is Roman [Catholic], it must be wrong.”

Source : Scott Hahn, Kimberly Hahn (1993). “Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism”, p.67, Ignatius Press
“It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.”

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