"The biggest critics of my books are the people who never read them."

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Jackie Collins

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“...he came to the conclusion that you cannot depend on people, and that you can live in peace only if you keep them at arm's length.”

Source : Patrick Süskind (2015). “The Pigeon”, p.6, Penguin UK
“Knowing how you actually want to feel is the most potent form of clarity that you can have. Generating those feelings is the most powerfully creative thing you can do with your life. And not only do we have to put our feelings at the heart of our ambitions, we have to pursue our desires in a way that is life-affirming, rather than soul-depleting. Rigid goal-chasing is burning us out. Soul-anchored intentions are the way to get home.”
“Clearly, love is love, between a man and a woman, a woman and a man, a woman and a woman and a man and a man.”
“Our fundamental sin is that we place ourselves in the position of God and divide the world between what we judge to be good and what we judge to be evil. And this judgment is the primary thing that keeps us from doing the central thing God created us to do, namely, love like He loves.”

Source : Gregory A. Boyd (2004). “Repenting of Religion: Turning from Judgment to the Love of God”, p.17, Baker Books
“Nonetheless, it still remains true that as a set of cognitive beliefs, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probability.”

Source : Sidney Hook (1991). “The Quest for Being”
“People have perhaps gotten to the point where for the most part movies are a just bit of escape.”
“You become what you believe. And to believe that you are created by the power that's greater than yourself means anything is possible.”
“In an era of billion-person countries and trillion-pound economies, we need to find ways to amplify our voice. We are most likely to be heard when the Chinese negotiate with a ï¿½10 trillion E.U., not a ï¿½1.5 trillion Britain.”

Source : "Labour's mature patriotism over Europe" by Douglas Alexander, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2011.

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