"The reason for not going out and sinning all you like is the same as the reason for not going out and putting your nose in a slicing machine: its dumb, stupid, and no fun. Some individual sins may have pleasure still attached to them because of the residual goodness of the realities they are abusing: adultery can indeed be pleasant and tying one on can amuse. But betrayal, jealousy, love grown cold, and the gray dawn of the morning after are nobody's idea of a good time."

Source : Robert Farrar Capon (2002). “Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus”, p.253, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Robert Farrar Capon

#Morning Quotes #Fun Quotes #Betrayal Quotes

“The galaxy is full of creatures that are nothing like us at all. We can try to understand them, and we should. But even if we accept that theyâ€™re doing what comes naturally, one is not beholden to comply when the sarlacc asks for dinner.”

Source : John Jackson Miller (2013). “Kenobi: Star Wars Legends”, p.158, Del Rey
“You don't dwell on what you've lost, you just move on.”

Source : Julie Kagawa (2013). “The Immortal Rules”, p.144, Harlequin
“It's a good idea to pay attention to the world and try to understand how it works rather than how you would like it to work.”
“If you could touch the alien sand and hear the cries of strange birds, and watch them wheel in another sky, would that satisfy you?”

Source : "Fictional character: The Doctor". TV Series "Doctor Who", (1.1, "An Unearthly Child"), 23 November - 14 December, 1963.
“By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they?”
“All intelligent thoughts have already been thought; what is necessary is only to try to think them again.”
“I didn't think that wave was going to offer a ton, ... But the wave just held form, and I was able to get a lot out of it.”
“Whatever you think, be sure it is what you think; whatever you want, be sure that is what you want; whatever you feel, be sure that is what you feel.”

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