"Can any rational person believe that the Bible is anything but a human document? We now know pretty well where the various books came from, and about when they were written. We know that they were written by human beings who had no knowledge of science, little knowledge of life, and were influenced by the barbarous morality of primitive times, and were grossly ignorant of most things that men know today."

-- Clarence Darrow

#Believe Quotes #Book Quotes #Men Quotes

“Youâ€™ve got to visualize where youâ€™re headed and be very clear about it. Take a polaroid picture of where youâ€™re going to be in a few years.”
“The drug war isn't what purports to be. If you look at the whole operation and the tie-in between the American intelligence agencies, these so-called "assets", the spies on the payroll of the CIA, and drug dealers. Don't let members of Congress and the media get away with this complacency and distortion!”
“Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost assets for the state and individuals. They frequently overlook the most serious loss that Germany suffered.”
“The only true love is love at first sight; second sight dispels it.”
“The so-called 'Palestinian autonomous areas' are bantustans. These are restricted entities within the power structure of the Israeli apartheid system.”
“Marie clasped her hands together and looked vulnerable. Payne flinched. â€œThe only time you donâ€™t tell me something is when you think itâ€™s dangerous, because being a fragile, sheltered noblewoman, I might faint at the thought of experiencing physical harm like a common person.â€ She sighed, and seemingly from nowhere, produced an enormous cast-iron frying pan easily one hundred centimeters in diameter. â€œAnd then,â€ she said sadly, â€œI have to damage one of the good pans by smacking it against your thick, common skull until you tell meâ€””

Source : Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio (2012). “Agatha H. and the Clockwork Princess: A Girl Genius Novel”, p.218, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life.”
“Jung Minâ€™s palms are always sweating and he wears strange socks!”

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