"It is more important that a proposition be interesting than that it be true. This statement is almost a tautology. For the energy of operation of a proposition in an occasion of experience is its interest and is its importance. But of course a true proposition is more apt to be interesting than a false one."

-- Alfred North Whitehead

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“The most intense curiosity and excitement prevailed, and though the weather was uncertain, enormous masses of densely packed people lined the road, shouting and waving hats and handkerchiefs as we flew by them.”
“A God is thinkable, therefore a God is also actually present”
“Creative expression requires an ability to work with feelings and channel them. Frustration, dissatisfaction, and even a sense of desperation may help you access an eloquence you never knew existed.”
“This is worse than Hollywood, he thought. A girl comes in with a pork chop and I write a song for her.”

Source : Eva Ibbotson (2008). “A Song for Summer”, p.175, Pan Macmillan
“If you're going to do a thing, you should do it thoroughly. If you're going to be a Christian, you may as well be a Catholic.”
“There exist thousands of Americans who have AIDS-defining diseases but are HIV negative.”
“I really feel the need to create an alternate world, a vision of what might be magical and beautiful and fantastic about being human.”
“Let silence take you to the core of life.”

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