"Occasionally, there are battles in the sky. One likes to imagine the angels are always triumphant. One does not like to think of the ancient and terrible scales balancing the infernal and divine as wobbling back and forth. Tilting freely, to and fro. One does not like to think that sometimes it is the angel that falls."

-- Holly Black

#Fall Quotes #Angel Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Canada is said to have got its name from the two Spanish words aca and nada, signifying 'there is nothing here.'”
“Few progressives would take issue with the argument that, significant accomplishments notwithstanding, the Obama presidency has been a big disappointment.”

Source : Eric Alterman (2011). “Kabuki Democracy: The System Vs. Barack Obama”, p.1, Nation Books
“Destroy or be destroyed-there is no middle way! Let us then be the destroyers!”
“We can say that Maud'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust that he could learn.”
“Heathcliff. The "hero" of Wuthering Heights. Although no one knows why. He's mean, moody, and possibly a bit on the pongy side. Cathy loves him, though. She shows this by viciously rejecting him and marrying someone else for a laugh. Still, that is true love on the moors for you.”
“Look at me--a big old black man under all of this makeup, and if I can look beautiful, so can you.”
“The essence of how God thinks and feels is wholehearted love.”
“The global network of DNA-based life emits ultra-weak radio waves, which are currently at the limit of measurement, but which we can nonetheless perceive...in hallucinations and dreams.”

Source : Jeremy Narby (1999). “The Cosmic Serpent”, p.95, Penguin

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