"Most American cities shop to their best advantage when seen from a height or from a distance, at a point where the ugliness of the buildings dissolves into the beauty of an abstraction."

-- Lewis H. Lapham

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“He gives me a kiss that barely touches my lips â€“ it means nothing or everything. After heâ€™s gone, I think, Happy birthday to me. Jack says, â€˜That was the guy?â€™ â€˜That was him.â€™ Jake shakes his head. â€˜What?â€™ â€˜Heâ€™s not for you,â€™ he says. I say, â€˜How do you know?â€™ but what I mean is, How do you know? â€˜Heâ€™s like Ashley Wilkes,â€™ he says. â€˜Any one of these guys is Rhett-ier than he is.â€™ Again, I ask my benignly inflected, â€˜How do you know?â€™ â€˜How do I know?â€™ he says, tackling me into a bear hug. â€˜How do I know? I know, thatâ€™s how I know.”
“I have seen horrible places and have risked my life, but I know that somehow God will always save me.”

Source : "Japanese reporter's bid to save friend led to IS abduction" by Antoni Slodkowski, uk.reuters.com. January 21, 2015.
“Some people are very lucky, and have the story in their heads. I've never storyboarded anything. I like the idea of chance. What makes God laugh is people who make plans.”

Source : Source: www.theguardian.com
“The sun shines equally on diamond and charcoal, but the former has developed qualities that enable it to reflect the sunlight brilliantly, while the latter is unable to reflect the sunlight. Emulate the diamond in your dealings with people. Brightly reflect the light of God's love.”
“Nothing, absolutely nothing, has a more direct bearing on the moral choices made by individuals or the purposes pursued by society than belief or disbelief in God.”
“And I'm going to tell the truth: I didn't like that Sean Penn movie Into the Wild so much. Yes! I know it was critically acclaimed. I know it won all these awards! It's very sad that a boy is dead and all. But I thought the movie Enchanted, with the singing princess and the chipmunk and the people dancing in Central Park, was cuter. So there!”
“I don't think Jesus was an exclusivist. He said, and we believe, that He is the unique representation of God in the world. But that doesn't mean this is the only way God can work.”
“Your believing or not believing in karma has no effect on its existence, nor on its consequences to you. Just as a refusal to believe in the ocean would not prevent you from drowning.”

Source : "The Tomb (Adversary Cycle/Repairman Jack)". Book by F. Paul Wilson, November 1984.

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