"God was dead. Let Him rest in peace. Now, finally, the earth was hers with no taint of Heaven."

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Source : Nevada Barr (2013). “Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon Mysteries, Book 1): A gripping crime novel of the Texan wilderness”, p.9, Hachette UK

Nevada Barr

#Rest In Peace Quotes #Women Quotes #Heaven Quotes

“I think my mum has the foulest mouth of anyone I've ever met.”
“The meaningful question is never what we did yesterday, but what we have learned from it and are doing today.”
“I find it hard to believe that a lady like...â€™ Pertellis hesitated, and coughed. â€˜There is something elevated in the female spirit that will always hold a woman back from the coldest and most vicious forms of villainy.â€™ â€˜No, there isnâ€™t,â€™ Miss Kitely said kindly but firmly, as she set a dish in his hand. â€˜Drink your chocolate, Mr Pertellis.”
“Years from now, years and years, one of those ships will bring me back, me and my nine Brazilian brats. Because yes, they must see this, these lights, the river -- I love New York, even though it isn't mine, the way something has to be, a tree or a street or a house, something, anyway, that belongs to me because I belong to it.”
“The biggest surprise for most people in dying is to realize that dying does not end life. Whether darkness or light comes next, or some kind of event, be it positive, negative, or somewhere in between, expected or unexpected, the biggest surprise of all is to realize you are still you.”

Source : P. M. H. Atwater (2004). “We Live Forever: The Real Truth about Death”, p.88, ARE Press
“Many cricketers who had more ability than I had, Why they didn't make more runs than I did, I don't know”
“a call girl is simply someone who hates poverty more than she hates sin.”
“I was a farm kid from the plains of South Venezuela, from a very poor family. I grew up in a palm tree house with an earthen floor.”

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