"I followed him up the stairs. I was a fornicator, of unnatural appetite, in thrall to an Atheist. I repeated the words in my head and tried to feel the shock of them, but they remained strange and cruel, far removed from Ferris and me. It was simpler to say I was in love."

-- Maria McCann

#Atheist Quotes #Strange Quotes #Stairs Quotes

“When you seek to dominate another you dominate no one but disempower yourself.”
“In a networked world, trust is the most important currency.”

Source : "The right ratings system could make worldwide markets more sustainable" by Allen L White, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2014.
“Either you capture the mystery of things or you reveal the mystery. Everything else is just information.”
“When you're frightened don't sit still, keep on doing something. The act of doing will give your back your courage.”
“Let us return, however, to the League of Nations. To create an organization which is in a position to protect peace in this world of conflicting interests and egotistic wills is a frighteningly difficult task”
“We might say that both the artist and theneurotic bite off more than they can chew, but the artist spews it back out again and chews it over in an objectified way, as an exÂternal, active, work project...”

Source : Ernest Becker (1997). “The Denial of Death”, p.184, Simon and Schuster
“We are but little children weak Nor born in any high estate. . . . . There's not a child so small and weak But has his little cross to take, His little work of love and praise That he may do for Jesus' sake.”
“I've got two shirts still missing from the Bahamas. I'm sure they are part of a youth camping programme somewhere in Tanzania by now.”

Source : "Sunday Herald" Newspaper, August 7, 2005.

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