"The universe is like a safe to which there is a combination. But the combination is locked up in the safe."

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Source : Peter De Vries (2014). “Let Me Count the Ways: A Novel”, p.192, Open Road Media

Peter De Vries

#Nature Quotes #Science Quotes #World Quotes

“I'm definitely not a follower. This is our job. This is what we do. If you're not having fun here, you shouldn't be here.”
“Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering.... The love of God did not protect His own Son.... He will not necessarily protect us - not from anything it takes to make us like His Son. A lot of hammering and chiseling and purifying by fire will have to go into the process.”
“As a rule, governments monitor people.”
“Everyone I know feels harassed by email which has invaded their waking and sleeping hours.”
“As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.”
“I played a lawyer in a movie so many times I think I am a lawyer. And clearly I'm not a lawyer, because I got arrested.”
“I often find myself on my knees praying to something or someone to not be in control...My hotel check-in name used to be Mr BL Zebub.”

Source : "This much I know". Interview with Johnny Davis, www.theguardian.com. October 28, 2007.
“The lives of people are like young trees in a forest. They are being choked by climbing vines. The vines are old thoughts and beliefs planted by dead men.”

Source : Sherwood Anderson (2013). “The Egg and Other Stories”, p.10, Courier Corporation

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