"The best reason for putting anything down on paper is that one may then change it."

-- Bernard DeVoto

#Writing Quotes #Paper Quotes #May Quotes

“It is impossible, except for theologians, to conceive of a world-wide scandal or a universe-wide scandal; the proof of this is the way people have settled down to living with nuclear fission, radiation poisoning, hydrogen bombs, satellites, and space rockets.”
“If someone picks up one thing you've written, you want them to go, 'Wow, this is pretty good.'”
“Humans are powerful spiritual beings meant to create good on earth. This good isn't usually accomplished in bold actions, but in singular acts of kindness between people. It's the little things that count, because they are more spontaneous and show who you truly are.”

Source : Dannion Brinkley, Paul Perry (2009). “Saved by the Light: The True Story of a Man Who Died Twice and the Profound Revelations He Received”, p.20, Harper Collins
“I have never loved a man as much as I have loved myself”
“Your readiest desire is your path to joy... even if it destroys you.”
“Oh, figures!' answered Ned. 'You can make figures do whatever you want.”
“Some roads you shouldn't go down. Because maps used to say there were dragons here. Now they don't. But that don't mean the dragons aren't there.”
“The willingness to be and to have just what God wants us to be and have, nothing more, nothing less, and nothing else, would set our hearts at rest, and we would discover the simpler life, the greater peace.”

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