"If one had to single out the most revolutionary novelty furnished by Qumran, its contribution to our understanding of the genesis of Jewish literary compositions could justifiably be our primary choice."

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Source : "The Dead Sea Scrolls in English". Book by Geza Vermes (Introduction, p. 23), 1962.

Geza Vermes

#Choices Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Novelty Quotes

“When a man is penalized for honesty he learns to lie.”

Source : Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.106, Criss Jami
“Hip-hop is ever changing but you'll always have the pack. And you'll always have those people who are separated from the pack.”
“If some people can imagine that a person they love is alive in another world, why can't I imagine Maurice is alive in this one An artist is a person who uses art to run away from reality. It's not wrong-it's survival. There's nothing wrong with me creating a world in which Maurice is alive.”
“I was a weird kid. I should've been gay because I listened to a lot of Broadway musicals. I don't know why I'm not gay.”
“Our holiday food splurge was a small crate of tangerines, which we found ridiculously thrilling after an eight-month abstinence from citrus.... Lily hugged each one to her chest before undressing it as gently as a doll. Watching her do that as she sat cross-legged on the floor one morning in pink pajamas, with bliss lighting her cheeks, I thought: Lucky is the world, to receive this grateful child. Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing.”
“From the stars we come, to the stars we go. Life is but a journey into the unknown.”

Source : Walter Moers (2008). “The City of Dreaming Books”, p.48, The Overlook Press
“When one writer tries to silence another, he silences every writer-and in the end he also silences himself.”
“Boko Haram represents the ultimate Fatwa of our time. The question is does the sect's Fatwa represent the articulated position of the majority of Muslims in this nation? My reading over the last few years is an unambiguous no. We are undergoing an affliction that many could not have imagined about a decade ago. Let us confront the ultimate horror now. To remain inactive at this moment is to betray our children and to consolidate the ongoing crimes against our humanity. We must take the battle to the enemy...We sent our children to school; we must bring them back to school.”

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