"You won't even know you've crossed the line until it's way back in your rearview mirror."

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Source : Barry Lyga (2012). “I Hunt Killers”, p.321, Random House

Barry Lyga

#Mirrors Quotes #Lines Quotes #Way Quotes

“We are in a position, as musicians, to touch the souls of those who listen.”
“Yes, it does make the load rather heavy if you carry tools for every eventuality.”

Source : Jacqueline Winspear (2012). “Elegy for Eddie”, p.246, Allison & Busby
“What we're seeing now is not just a backlash against feminism. When you look at guys like [Jesse] Helms in the '80s or even Reagan and Bush, there was a real political backlash against feminism. This is different. This is a parodic recreation of the destruction of traditional masculinity. Look at these hollow men. Look at Steve Bannon who wears sweat pants, who doesn't shave. Or Yiannopoulos who is just a clown. This is toxic masculinity. It's new. To see it as a return to the past is a mistake. It's the breakdown of traditional masculinity, rather than its retrenchment.”
“To me it's a mystery that you can show the horrific things in the movies, but not some sexual stuff which everyone does.”
“Clearly, Enlightenment thinkers were seeking a God substitute.”
“Unlike most readers in Antiquity who read their books aloud, we have developed the convention of reading silently. This lets us read more widely but often less well, especially when what we are reading-such as the plays of Shakespeare and Holy Scripture-is a body of oral material that has been, almost but not quite accidentally, captured in a book like a fly in amber.”

Source : Jaroslav Pelikan (2006). “Whose Bible Is It?: A Short History of the Scriptures”, p.16, Penguin
“The law is like rope...useful, necessary, strong, but it can be bent and twisted into all kinds of shapes depending on the occasion.”
“The question whether the long effort to put an end to war can succeed without another major convulsion challenges not only our minds but our sense of responsibility.”

Source : Emily Greene Balch (1972). “Beyond Nationalism: The Social Thought of Emily Greene Balch”, New York : Twayne Publishers

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