"The company you keep at death is, of all things, most dependent on chance."

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Source : Keri Hulme (2005). “The Bone People: A Novel”, p.416, LSU Press

Keri Hulme

#Chance Quotes #Company Quotes

“The tragedy of young-earth creationism is that it takes a relatively recent and extreme view of Genesis, applies to it an unjustified scientific gloss, and then asks sincere and well-meaning seekers to swallow this whole, despite the massive discordance with decades of scientific evidence from multiple disciplines. Is it any wonder that many sadly turn away from faith concluding that they cannot believe in a God who asks for an abandonment of logic and reason?”
“Now a great debate has been born. The thesis is Democratic Socialism. The antithesis is free-market capitalism. The Obama Democrats have posed the challenge. It is now up to the Republicans to pick it up and fight along these lines.”
“But do we really live? To live without knowing what life is - is that living?”
“Too often I am jealous and my jealousy leads me to say things-things-that I regret.”
“Ego says, "Once everything falls into place, I'll feel peace". Spirit says, "Find your peace, and then everything will fall into place".”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 10, 2013
“With Android One, we not only want to help people get online, we want to make sure that when they get there, they can tap into the wealth of information and knowledge the web holds for everyone,”
“It is much more fun to write about villains then heroes. The villains are the ones that think out the scheme, and the heroes just kind of come along for the ride.”
“Our character is basically a composite of our habits.”

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