"Think of being curled up and floating in a darkness. Even if you could think, even if you had an imagination, would you ever imagine its opposite, this miraculous world the Asian Taoists call the "Ten Thousand Things"? And if the darkness just got darker? And then you were dead? What would you care? How would you eve know the difference?"

-- Denis Johnson

#Thinking Quotes #Differences Quotes #Opposites Quotes

“Character, like porcelain-ware, must be painted before it is glazed. There can be no change of color after it is burned in.”
“The 4th of July combines the two things Americans love most in one day: alcohol and explosives.”
“In Christ there is no East nor West.”
“This is [her] soul group.â€™ What do you mean?â€™ Itâ€™s a group of souls with whom she resonates closely.”
“Believing in evolution is believing in the unproved, while believing in Christ is believing in the proven.”
“I think Pope Francis is a good shepherd and has great experience in following people in joyful, but also distressing situations and he knows what he is speaking about when he discusses how to accompany families in their lives toward joy and love.”

Source : "INTERVIEW: Cardinal Schönborn on ‘Amoris Laetitia’: Pope Francis Knows What He Is Talking About". zenit.org. April 12, 2016.
“If Jeffrey Dahmer doesn't meet the legal test of insanity, God help the one that does meet it. I mean, it - it has to really be something. If Jeffrey Dahmer doesn't meet it, then nobody does; and for me, it's a psychological ploy to use”
“A negative outlook is more of a handicap than any physical injury.”

Source : Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.932, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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