"He had opened his heart to the sublime indifference of the universe"

-- Albert Camus

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“Sycamore trees were held to be sacred in ancient Egypt and are the first trees represented in ancient art. The sycamore, also, was sacred. Peasants gather around them in rituals. In the Land of the Dead there was a sycamore in whose branches the goddess Hathor lived; she leaned out of it giving sustenance and water to deceased souls. In Memphis, Hathor's epithet was Lady of the Sycamore.”
“It is the bliss of childhood that we are being warped most when we know it the least.”

Source : William Gaddis (1955). “The Recognitions: A Novel”, Harcourt
“If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged.”
“Faith don't come in a bushel basket, Missy. It come one step at a time. Decide to trust Him for one little thing today, and before you know it, you find out He's so trustworthy you be putting your whole life in His hands.”

Source : Lynn Austin (2002). “Candle in the Darkness (Refiner’s Fire Book #1)”, p.179, Bethany House
“I'm just very body-conscious. Sometimes I'm really proud that I don't look like other pop stars. But there's also moments where I'm like, 'Ugh, I wish I had abs like Bieber.'”

Source : "The Liberation of Sam Smith: Inside Rolling Stone's New Issue". Rolling Stone Interview, www.rollingstone.com. January 28, 2015.
“I have advocated an entirely different approach than cap and tax, which would be worldwide in application and which emphasizes technology as a way of reducing total emissions.”
“Industry cannot flow unless cpaital is confident, and capital will not be confident as long as it fears that Parliament will meddle with it and walk off with its profits.”
“None of the miracles with which ancient histories are filled, occurred under scientific conditions. Observation never once contradicted, teaches us that miracles occur only in periods and countries in which they are believed in and before persons disposed to believe in them.”

Source : Ernest Renan (2015). “Christ in Art”, p.52, Parkstone International

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