"things are never so indescribably ghastly that they can't get worse."

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Source : Alice Thomas Ellis (1988). “Home Life Three”, Gerald Duckworth

Alice Thomas Ellis

#Trouble Quotes

“Although usury is itself a form of credit in its bourgeoisified form, the form adapted to capital , in its pre-bourgeois form it is rather the expression of the lack of credit .”
“The storm may be tempestuous, but it is only temporary.”

Source : William Gurnall (2015). “Daily Readings from The Christian in Complete Armour: Daily Readings in Spiritual Warfare”, p.168, Moody Publishers
“All duties are matters of conscience, with this restriction that a superior obligation suspends the force of an inferior one.”
“We take the side of science in spite of the patent absurdity of some of its constructs, in spite of its failure to fulfill many of its extravagant promises of health and life, in spite of the tolerance of the scientific community for unsubstantiated just-so stories, because we have a prior commitment to materialism. We cannot allow a Divine Foot in the door.”

Source : "Billions and Billions of Demons" by Richard C. Lewontin, www.nybooks.com. January 9, 1997.
“Fiscally Iâ€™m very conservative â€¦ others say that Iâ€™m socially moderate,”
“Many women have made the mistake of changing their beliefs to accommodate their work; it must be the other way around. No circumstance is so unusual that it demands a double standard or separates us from our faith. No matter how fast the world changes, exemplary values must remain constant.”
“It's very difficult to release an X-rated movie.”
“God is present in everything. In the universe in creation, in me and all that happens to me, in my brothers and sisters, in the church - everywhere.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com

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