"There will be no redemption because the men who run this place do not want redemption. They want to be as near to hell as they can."

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Source : Colson Whitehead (2012). “The Intuitionist: A Novel”, p.240, Anchor

Colson Whitehead

#Running Quotes #Men Quotes #Redemption Quotes

“. . . in seclusion, she had secluded herself from a thousand natural and healing influences; that, her mind, brooding solitary, had grown diseased, as all minds do and must and will that reverse the appointed order of their Maker . . .”
“A man who understands decorum and the courtesies is a great treasure; I hope to train and send into society as many such men as I can.”
“Too often the desire for peace has been expressed by women while the stewardship of the mechanisms which are used to attempt to secure peace in the short and medium term are dominated by male decision-making structures and informal arrangements. This must change.”
“Within each piece, I create an intriguing balance between jewelry and the body, and an intensity which draws others to it.”
“That as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously.”
“Life is a pure flame and we live by an invisible sun within us.”
“Thursday! It canâ€™t be! Itâ€™s too gruesome!”
“I have sometimes seen women, who would have been sensible enough, if they would have been content not to be called women of sense--but by aiming at what they had not, they only proved absurd--for sense cannot be counterfeited.”

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