"Burton did not believe in miracles . Nothing happened that could not be explained by physical principles if you knew all the facts ."

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Source : Philip Jose Farmer (2010). “Riverworld: Including To Your Scattered Bodies Go & The Fabulous Riverboat”, p.170, Macmillan

Philip Jose Farmer

#Believe Quotes #Miracle Quotes #Principles Quotes

“Gilbert put his arm about them. 'Oh, you mothers!' he said. 'You mothers! God knew what He was about when He made you.”
“I want to run every race with a big heart.”
“The only two kinds of books could earn an American writer a living are cookbooks and detective novels.”
“Just stay real and stay a real person.”
“but sometimes one person can hold you up in life, keep you standing, and without that hand to hold, you can find yourself free-falling no matter how strong you used to be, no matter how hard you try to remain steady.”
“Gentlemen, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is the readiest to to pay deference to the old, protect the feeble, and serve womankind, regardless of rank, age, or color.”
“I don't think any other emotion is the equivalent of laughter. So I do whatever I can to laugh all the time and to hide my pain.”

Source : "Rashida Jones Interview I LOVE YOU, MAN". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. March 19, 2009.
“Pride in a man is confused with dignity; in a woman, with self-love.”

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