"I believe in characters as vehicles of exposition. Their voices are full of hidden clues, and I like to listen to them."

-- Manuel Puig

#Believe Quotes #Character Quotes #Voice Quotes

“The telescope... is a conduit to the cosmos.”
“And as the circumcised in the flesh, and not in the heart, have no part in God's good promises; even so they that be baptized in the flesh, and not in heart, have no part in Christ's blood.”

Source : William Tyndale, John Frith, Thomas Russell (1831). “The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ”, p.517
“Fear is not the opposite of courage. Fear is the catalyst of courage.”
“It cannot be too greatly emphasized that the most important role in pawn endings is played by the king.”

Source : Siegbert Tarrasch (2012). “The Game of Chess”, p.68, Courier Corporation
“In 1979, you had the revolution in Iran. You had the Hudood Ordinances in Pakistan, which are the laws that are notoriously used against women, which are theoretically used against thieves although they're never carried out - an actual amputation or an actual stoning. The blasphemy laws, again, never actually carried out, though they're there, heavy with menace on the statute books.”
“I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.”
“I used to think that music was like lace upon a garment, nice to have but not necessary. I have come to believe that music is absolutely essential to our community life.”
“If those who support aggressive war had seen a fraction of what I've seen, if they'd watched children fry to death from Napalm and bleed to death from a cluster bomb, they might not utter the claptrap they do.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Tom Templeton, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2005.

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