"God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear."

-- Ruby Dee

#Peace Quotes #Uncomfortable Quotes

“For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.”
“A couple years ago, the novelist Russell Banks told me he was reading the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. I asked why. He said, 'Because I've always wanted to and am tired of having my reading assigned.' I thought it was a marvelous declaration of independence.”
“Everyone dies. Everyone leaves. What matters is the things you build together before they go. What matters is the part of them that continues in you when they're gone.”

Source : Orson Scott Card (2009). “Children of the Mind”, p.113, Macmillan
“Like most other creatives, I struggle with self-sabotage, self-doubt, and feeling like an imposter more often than not. I struggle with expressing myself, because it does sometimes feel easier or safer not to.”
“I came into history from a primary concern with mathematics and science. This has been a tremendous help to me as a person and as a historian, although it must be admitted it has served to make my historical interpretations less conventional than may be acceptable of many of my colleagues in the field.”
“There are no illegitimate babies.”
“The peerless cup afloat Of the lake-lily is an urn some nymph Swims bearing high above her head.”
“Seeing John Major govern the country is like watching Edward Scissorhands try to make balloon animals.”

Source : "Sports Coverage? It's Not Cricket". www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2004.

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