"How can you know what is missing if youâ€™ve never met it? You must know of somethingâ€™s existence before you can notice its absence."

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Source : E.L. Konigsburg (2010). “The View from Saturday”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

E. L. Konigsburg

#Missing Quotes #Absence Quotes #Mets Quotes

“Sun! Love it but know I should not be in it so much.”
“...the right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example... Had the holding of slaves been a moral evil, it cannot be supposed that the inspired Apostles ... would have tolerated it for a moment in the Christian Church. In proving this subject justifiable by Scriptural authority [Luke 12:47], its morality is also proved; for the Divine Law never sanctions immoral actions.”
“Our society has got to evolve and create better ways of living.”

Source : "Jeremy Jones and Protect Our Winters". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Without enthusiasm, the adventurer could never kindle that fire in his followers which is so necessary to consolidate their mutual interests; for no one can heartily deceive numbers who is not first of all deceived himself.”

Source : William Warburton, William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd (1811). “The Works of the Right Reverend William Warburton, D.D., Lord Bishop of Gloucester: To which is Prefixed a Discourse by Way of General Preface, Containing Some Account of the Life, Writings, and Character of the Author”, p.136
“That's very funny," says Peeta. Suddenly he lashes out at the glass in Haymitch's hand. It shatters on the floor, sending the bloodred liquid running toward the back of the train. "Only not to us.”
“The key relationships in the future will not be between people, but between machines and people.”
“I work out two, two and a half hours a day.”
“Anger and humor are like the left and right arm. They complement each other. Anger empowers the poor to declare their uncompromising opposition to oppression, and humor prevents them from being consumed by their fury.”

Source : James H. Cone (1992). “Martin and Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare”, p.333, Orbis Books

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