"It's not as if grace did one half of the work and free choice the other; each does the whole work, in its own peculiar contribution. Grace does the whole work, and so does free choice - with this one qualification: That whereas the whole is done in free choice, so is the whole done of grace."

-- Bernard of Clairvaux

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“I don't understand blogs. People used to write to make money, no? You didn't give it away. I have nothing against blogs. I don't have a problem with them. But it's like, 'What are you doing? Why aren't you working?”
“I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors.”

Source : Elena Ferrante (2016). “Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey”, p.206, Penguin
“Editors can be stupid at times. They just ignore that author's intention. I always try to read unabridged editions, so much is lost with cut versions of classic literature, even movies don't make sense when they are edited too much. I love the longueurs of a book even if they seem pointless because you can get a peek into the author's mind, a glimpse of their creative soul. I mean, how would people like it if editors came along and said to an artist, 'Whoops, you left just a tad too much space around that lily pad there, lets crop that a bit, shall we?'. Monet would be ripping his hair out.”
“I have cried twice in my life watching a football player; the first one was Maradona and the second was Ryan Giggs.”
“All arrangements that are carried out between heaven and earth are carried out through angels.”
“Sometimes I make myself laugh, but that's because I appreciate my sense of humor.”
“Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. For what keeps our interest in life and makes us look forward to tomorrow is giving pleasure to other people.”
“Fishing should be a ceremony that reaffirms our place in the natural world and helps us resist further estrangement from our origins.”

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