"The tender Mercy of God has given us one another."

“The critical method which denies literary modernity would appear -- and even, in certain respects, would be -- the most modern of critical movements.”

Source : Paul de Man (2013). “Blindness and Insight: Essays in the Rhetoric of Contemporary Criticism”, p.164, Routledge

“When you are insulted, you must not only not resent it, but you must make it an opportunity to exhibit the Son of God in your life. And you cannot imitate the nature of Jesus-it is either in you or it is not. A personal insult becomes an opportunity for a saint to reveal the incredible sweetness of the Lord Jesus.”

“The Earth is blue... how wonderful. It is amazing”

“Are you the new person drawn toward me? To begin with, take warning - I am surely far different from what you suppose; Do you suppose you will find in me your ideal? Do you think it so easy to have me become your lover? Do you think the friendship of me would be unalloy'd satisfaction? Do you think I am trusty and faithful? Do you see no further than this façade—this smooth and tolerant manner of me? Do you suppose yourself advancing on real ground toward a real heroic man? Have you no thought, O dreamer, that it may be all maya, illusion?”

“I don't combine proteins and carbohydrates.”

“Stick a lighted candle up your backside to give yourself that inner glow.”

Source : Frank Delaney (2011). “The Matchmaker of Kenmare: A Novel of Ireland”, p.41, Random House

“I can't stand directors who try to micro-manage everything. When it happens these days I just walk off set, saying if they don't like the way I'm doing it they can get someone else.”

“Men who live like Casanova are seldom interested in themselves; their egocentricity does not give them time for egotism.”