"World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, made it hard for Americans to continue their optimism."

-- Stephen Ambrose

#War Quotes #Optimism Quotes #Bombs Quotes

“There was a time when I believed in the story and the scheme of salvation, so far as I could understand it, just as I believed there was a Devil... Suddenly the light broke through to me and I knew this God was a lie... For indeed it is a silly story, and each generation nowadays swallows it with greater difficulty... Why do people go on pretending about this Christianity?”
“Saw #â€Ž Birdman . Such singular, audacious filmmaking. Can't stop thinking about the ending.”
“It has a double meaning - the superabundance also means the space around, the incomparable massiveness of things, and how there's not much of a discrepancy between the tiniest microbe and the supercluster: the small and the infinite are inseparable.”

Source : "A Flow Of Playfulness: An Interview With Laniakea". Interview with Russell Cuzner, thequietus.com. September 14, 2016.
“People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.”
“With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy.”
“Every word is part of a picture, Every sentence is a picture. All you have to do is link them together.”
“The current generation of world leaders -- our generation -- is also being called to face significant challenges concerning peace, collective security and the environment. We have been unable to solve old disputes and to prevent new threats. The use of force is incapable of eliminating the underlying causes of conflict.”
“I do note with interest that old women in my books become young women on the covers... this is discrimination against the chronologically gifted.”

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