"Sometimes the silences, the gaps, tell us more than anything else."

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Source : Peter Ackroyd (1996). “First Light”, p.37, Grove Press

Peter Ackroyd

#Silence Quotes #Gaps Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“It’s bad enough . . . when a country gets colonized, but when the people do as well! That’s the end, really, that’s the end.”
“Trusting God means transferring our confidence and hope from ourselves to him, acknowledging that we have no ability in ourselves to live in a way that pleases him. Only he can change us by the power of his Spirit in us. This trust is manifested in a context of obedience in our lives to the biblical mandates God calls us to pursue. Training means acting upon that trust by doing things that help us rely upon God more and live out his desire for us.”

Source : Source: www.biblegateway.com
“Seven years sober. I'm really grateful. It's really lovely to be present in my life.”
“I'm against gun control. It's not that I like guns, it's just that allowing Americans to have guns will increase the chances that a bunch of rednecks will blow each other's heads off.”
“It's far too late for anything but magick, as the future is clearly up for grabs.”
“I allow a lot of room for improvisation and funny stuff. I always feel planned.”
“His wife's a brand of Christian that forbids a gathering that involves young women dancing in the streets but not races where men die”
“You could spend the rest of your life trying to outlive the scars that are left by what you go through in your formative years.”

Source : Interview with Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. November 6, 2014.

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