"I will never turn to God."

-- Marianne Wiggins

#Turns Quotes #Turn To God Quotes

“All progressive thought has assumed tacitly that human beings desire nothing beyond ease, security and avoidance of pain ... Hitler, because in his joyless mind he feels it with exceptional strength, knows that human beings don't only want comfort, safety, short working-hours, hygiene, birth-control and, in general, common sense; they also, at least intermittently, want struggle and self-sacrifice, not to mention drums, flags and loyalty-parades. However they may be as economic theories, Fascism and Nazism are psychologically far sounder than any hedonistic conception of life.”
“These are the days of bootleg love.”
“There's this whole assumption that girls like bad boys, but I have to disagree; I think 'nice' will go a long way.”
“To create is divine, to reproduce is human.”
“Hope does not always require probability.”
“Life is short, but its ills make it seem long.”
“Believing in fate has probably always arisen in part because of the delights and terrors of storytelling. We have to realize--to learn--that in life we are not the readers but the authors of our own narratives.”
“My mother and father were perfect role models. They were together for 25 years and very much in love. But I've got too much to do now. I'm only 27.”

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