"Imaginatively Glasgow exists as a music hall song and a few bad novels."

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Source : Alasdair Gray, Joy Hendry (1991). “Chapman”

Alasdair Gray

#Song Quotes #Novel Quotes #Glasgow Quotes

“Cycling isnâ€™t a game, it's a sport. Tough, hard and unpitying, and it requires great sacrifices. One plays football, or tennis, or hockey. One doesnâ€™t play at cycling.”
“People donâ€™t realize that when youâ€™re Latin, youâ€™re so diverse. I am black. I am Latin. I am Spanish. You know? Itâ€™s a little bit of everything, and thatâ€™s beautiful. So, everybody, claim me. Iâ€™m fine with that!”
“It is preferable not to travel with a dead man.”

Source : Henri Michaux (1968). “Selected Writings: The Space Within”, p.101, New Directions Publishing
“St. Paul would say to the philosophers that God created man so that he would seek the Divine, try to attain the Divine. That is why all pre-Christian philosophy is theological at its summit.”
“Poetry is the breath of beauty.”

Source : Leigh Hunt (1847). “Fiction and matter of fact. Inside of an omnibus. Day of the disasters of Carlington Blundell. Visit to the zoological gardens. A man introduced to his ancestors. Novel party. Beds and bedrooms. World of books. Jack Abbott's breakfast. On seeing a pigeon make love. Month of May. The Giuli tre. Few remarks on the cure vice called lying. Criticism on female beauty. Of deceased statesmen who have written verses. Female sovereigns of England”, p.249
“I'm beginning to be skeptical of my own skepticism.”

Source : Lilian Jackson Braun (1990). “The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts”, p.142, Penguin
“We must know Jesus before we can imitate Him.”

Source : Charles Sheldon (2013). “In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do?”, p.160, Moody Publishers
“If there's one thing that makes me cynical, it's optimists. They are just far too cynical about cynicism. If only they could see that cynics can be happy, constructive, even fun to hang out with, they might learn a thing or two.”

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