"Mary properly bore the name of Virgin, and possessed to the full all the attributes of purity. She was a virgin in both body and soul, and kept all the powers of her soul and her bodily senses far above any defilement. This she did authoritatively, steadfastly, decisively and altogether inviolably at all times, as a closed gate preserves the treasure within, and a sealed book keeps hidden from sight what is written inside. The Scriptures say of her, 'This is the sealed book' (cf. Rev. 5:1-6:1; Dan. 12:4) and 'this gate shall be shut, and no man shall enter by it' (Ezek. 44:2)."

-- Gregory Palamas

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“I find the scientific mind horrendous. All those brains and not a moral imperative between them.”

Source : Lucille Kallen (1987). “C.B. Greenfield: A Little Madness”
“Idleness is paralysis.”
“Holly Black is the Real Thing: a gifted writer with a solid grounding in what matters. Her stories are dark and splendid blooms rising from roots sunk deep in myth and tradition.”
“The past in New Orleans cohabits with the present to an extent not even approximated in any other North American city.”

Source : Tom Piazza (2015). “Why New Orleans Matters”, p.9, HarperCollins
“Everyone's right or wrong, Everyone's got an opinion, put them in a song and let me keep on living.”
“His fine wit Makes such a wound, the knife is lost in it.”
“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.”
“There's no question that as science, knowledge and technology advance, that we will attempt to do more significant things. And there's no question that we will always have to temper those things with ethics.”

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