"I love to consider an Infidel, whether distinguished by the title of deist, atheist, or free-thinker, by three different lights, in his solitude, his afflictions, and his last moments.... [In these situations such people show themselves] in solitude, incapable or rapture or elevation, ... in distress, [with] a halter or a pistol the only refuge [they] can fly to, ... [and liable to conversion] at the approach of death."

-- Richard Steele

#Atheist Quotes #Light Quotes #People Quotes

“Do I have to use my feet? Can I knock the window out with my head?”
“I don't know how anybody can work at home. I know I can't. It's just... there's too much to do at the house, and now, of course, I have a daughter that's at home, and she's always a draw. I can always drop what I'm doing and go play with her, and I do that all day.”
“For why are we here if not to try to fathom one another? Not through facts alone, but with the full extent of our imaginations. And what are stories if not tools for imagining?”

Source : Leah Hager Cohen (2014). “No Book but the World: A Novel”, p.180, Penguin
“To finalize, the purpose of an election is to hear the will of the people, not to fabricate votes.”

Source : "Representative Harold Ford and Representative Lincoln Diaz-Balart on the latest on the presidential recount in Florida". CNN's Crossfire Chat, www.cnn.com. November 22, 2000.
“Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard”
“The best holiday I ever had was the first one I went on without my parents, when I was 17.”
“Always to see the general in the particular is the very foundation of genius.”
“When I'm in Boston, I always feel like I'm home. I almost cry, I feel so good.”

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