"When it comes to memoir, we want to catch the author in a lie. When we read fiction, we want to catch the author telling the truth."

-- Tayari Jones

#Lying Quotes #Want Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“Wouldn't you like to contribute to an event that is part of Christ's own prediction, "I will build my church"?”
“The Rastafari culture has a very strong connection to Haile Selassie, a descendant of King Solomon.”
“Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.”
“Your partner cannot fault you for refusing to host a perpetual-motion party or for the fact that you must sleep and will eventually die.”
“Supremely, spiritual directors/mentors/pastors are persons who have a sense of being established in God. Otherwise they are too dangerous to be allowed into the soul space of others.”
“Ecological differentiation is the necessary condition for coexistence.”

Source : Garrett James Hardin (1961). “Biology, its principles and implications”
“In his latest book Marc Ellis asks the defining question for Jewish life today: 'Can injustice, represented by Jewish domination of Jerusalem, be at the heart of the covenant?' Ellis's answer is that the covenant of Israel with God has been shattered by the creation of a state at the expense of Palestinian life in the land. It can only be renewed by a new ethic and practice of justice that reconcile these two people, who have become irrevocably linked together in the land, either for good or for ill.”
“Children aren't fooled. They know we give time to the things we love.”

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