"...There is a school of thought, a heresy from the madhouse of heresies in the ninth century, that says God is good and is in control of every individual thing that happens, every event, but that unfortunately the devil is in control of the timing."

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Source : Norman Rush (2013). “Mating”, p.193, Granta Books

Norman Rush

#School Quotes #Devil Quotes #Events Quotes

“I wish the Libertarian Party would get more play in the media but they don't.”
“What I like to do is take something from a man's wardrobe and re-proportion it slightly. We've got another jacket in this collection with a smaller shoulder. It's the idea of subtle feminization, to make the clothes more delicate.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“A teacher must believe in the value and interest of his subject as a doctor believes in health.”

Source : GILBERT HIGHET (1950). “THE ART OF TEACHING”
“Writing is not a series of strokes, but space, divided into characteristic shapes by strokes.”
“Our worth is determined by the good deed we do, rather than by the fine emotions we feel.”
“I don't see what was wrong with the old inkpads.”
“I've had moments where I've felt like I was on another planet because I saw something beautiful. To me, taking pictures is being alive.”
“Printing links the present with forever. It carries personal identity into realms unknown.”

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