"I'm a novelist, I'm not an activist. I'm not a non-fiction writer, I'm not a journalist. I'm not a foodie, I'm not even really an animal person, or an environmentalist. I did the best I could with this, but it's not who I am."

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

#Animal Quotes #Who I Am Quotes #Novelists Quotes

“Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.”
“You can't teach talent. You can't put in what God left out - but you can teach confidence.”
“Have you ever seen a demonstrable example of equality in your entire life? Can it be glimpsed in any dog show or classroom? In any ping pong game or chess match? Of course not. It is a philosophical abstraction, something nowhere to be found in nature.”
“To withdraw from creatures and repose with Jesus in the Tabernacle is my delight; there I can hide myself and seek rest. There I find a life which I cannot describe, a joy which I cannot make others comprehend, a peace such as is found only under the hospitable roof of our best Friend.”
“The dangerous American fascist is the man who wants to do in the United States in an American way what Hitler did in Germany in a Prussian way.”

Source : "The Danger of American Fascism". New York Times, April 9, 1944.
“As we know, our own mother bore us only into pain and dying. But our true mother, Jesus, who is all love, bears us into joy and endless living. Blessed may he be.”

Source : Julian of Norwich (1985). “Daily Readings with Julian of Norwich”, Templegate Pub
“Rebellion against a king may be pardoned, or lightly punished, but the man who dares to rebel against the laws of a republic ought to suffer death.”
“The chief reason why the Christian believes in the divine origin of the Bible is that Jesus Christ Himself taught it.”

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