"Where would Jesus be if no one had written the gospels?"

-- Chuck Palahniuk

“Art gives life to what history killed. Art gives voice to what history denied, silenced, or persecuted. Art brings truth to the lies of history.”

Source : Carlos Fuentes (1976). “Don Quixote: Or, The Critique of Reading”
“A long-term substance abuser, a few months before his death, penned this poem: Went downtown, Hastings and Main, looking for relief from the pain. All I did was find a ticket on a one-way train. ... Give me peace before I die. The track is laid out so well; we all live our private hell; just more tickets on the hell-bound train.”
“Doing business is all about providing a good product or service to your customers. A good businessman is he who knows that what is successful today may not be so tomorrow. Technology changes so fast, and so do people's needs and wants. That's why it would do well for a businessman to know how to adapt to change. He must constantly reinvent the business, or it won't last.”
“In earlier days, even as a child, the beauty of landscapes was quite clear to me. A background for the soul's moods. Now dangerous moments occur when Nature tries to devour me; at such times I am annihilated, but at peace. This would be fine for old people but I... I am my life's debtor, for I have given promises...”
“I like fearless characters, people just not afraid to do anything it takes to make people laugh.”
“Courage is the only asset That will conquer in the fight If you have the will to mass it On the lines of truth and right.”

Source : Jack Crawford (1913). “Whar' the Hand O' God is Seen: & Other Poems”
“Do not take too artificial a view of mankind but judge them from a natural standpoint, deeming them neither over good nor over bad.”
“Without adversity, there would be no growth, and without growth, there would be no lesson to be learned.”

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