"I think that the more alien and strange a world or situation is, the more concise you have to be if you want the reader to follow you. It depends on what effect you're looking for."

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Karin Tidbeck

#Thinking Quotes #World Quotes #Want Quotes

“At last I took one big, callused hand and slid forward so I knelt on the boards between his knees. I laid my head against his chest, and felt his breath stir my hair. I had no words, but I had made my choice. "'Whither thou goest,'" I said. "'I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried.' Be it Scottish hill or southern forest. You do what you have to; I'll be there.”

Source : Diana Gabaldon (1997). “Drums of Autumn”
“I have seldom seen much ostentation and much learning met together.”

Source : Joseph Hall (1824). “Select Tracts from the Writings of the ... Rev. J. Hall”, p.231
“n the world, those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum.”
“We come to the table not because we are holy, but because we are in need of His holiness. We come to the table not because we are strong, but because we are weak and in need of His strength.”

Source : Jonathan Martin (2013). “Prototype: What Happens When You Discover You're More Like Jesus Than You Think?”, p.165, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
“The gift of Christ is not the Christian religion, but the grace and love of God which culminate in the cross.”
“The secret of Buddhism is to remove all ideas, all concepts, in order for the truth to have a chance to penetrate, to reveal itself.”
“Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound interest! What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.”

Source : "The Complete Neurotic's Notebook". Book by Mignon McLaughlin, 1981.
“If you have never changed your mind about some fundamental tenet of your belief, if you have never questioned the basics, and if you have no wish to do so, then you are likely ignorant.”

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