"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author."

-- Gilbert K. Chesterton

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“Creative power has to filter through our beliefs, attitudes, emotions, and habits. The more negative and constricted our beliefs and patterns are, the more they block the creative energy. Most people hope that by ignoring negativity, it will go away, but the reverse is actually true. Through recognizing, acknowledging, and experiencing it, the blocked energy can be released. You are then free to replace it with positive beliefs and attitudes.”
“Believers talk about trusting in the Lord with their whole heart and refusing to lean on thier own understanding, but no one really knows what that means until circumstances cast them headfirst into a dark and painful place. If we give ourselves fully to God in those moments, we will obtain keepsakes of Him to treasure now and forever.”
“Outside of love, no two things are more valued in another person than trust and loyalty.”
“An eye for an eye til everyone is blind.”
“What is the motive which operates in every man's breast to counteract the impulse towards the gratification of his wants and appetites?”
“An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic.”
“I think something that's very important for us to communicate is usually very simple. Like breathing: Breathing is very simple. You don't do a dissonant 9th harmony or something in breathing. You just breathe, you know. I think that's how it is with very important messages.”
“It is always worth itemising happiness, there is so much of the other thing in a life, you had better put down the markers for happiness while you can.”

Source : Sebastian Barry (2008). “The Secret Scripture”, p.118, Faber & Faber

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