"the slight sense of degeneracy induced by reading novels before luncheon"

-- Elizabeth Bowen

#Reading Quotes #Novel Quotes

“A very popular error: having the courage of one's convictions; rather it is a matter of having the courage for an attack on one's convictions.”
“Prayer is not an act of worship merely, the bending of the knee on set occasions, and offering petitions in need. It is an attitude of soul, opening the life on the Godward side, and keeping free communication with the world of spirit.”

Source : Hugh Black (1999). “The Art of Being a Good Friend: How to Bring Out the Best in Your Friends and in Yourself”, p.142, Sophia Institute Press
“The government businesses, they all operate in the Tasmanian economy and as the economy strengthens the demand for services in those areas strengthens.”
“Facts are too busy being true to worry about how you feel about them.”
“Earth is the holiest place in the Universe, loving the earth, and loving life is the way to generate positive vibrations.”
“Fortune never seems so blind to any as to those on whom she bestows no favors.”
“Billboards, billboards, drink this, eat that, use all manner of things, everyone, the best, the cheapest, the purest and most satisfying of all their available counterparts. Red lights flicker on every horizon, airplanes beware; cars flash by, more lights. Workers repair the gas main. Signs, signs, lights, lights, streets, streets.”
“Perhaps we are born knowing the tales of our grandmothers and all their ancestral kin continually run in our blood repeating them endlessly, and the shock they give us when we first bear them is not of surprise but of recognition.”

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