"Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple."

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Source : Julius Lester (2005). “The Autobiography of God: A Novel”, p.73, Macmillan

Julius Lester

#Simple Quotes #Silence Quotes #Sound Quotes

“Our brains seem to have the power to do one or the other - record and remember every detail, or chunk it to higher level concepts and forget the details. We can't seem to do both. The fact that you could not fly over a city and remember every detail is not something to worry about.”

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“My parents are highly evolved worriers. ... If worrying were an Olympic sport, my parents' faces would have graced the Wheaties box a long time ago.”
“With real relationship within, you are as delicateness really listening.”
“Like any of life's refining fires, cancer is a potentially profound learning experience. So what did I learn? I learned that profound learning experiences are vastly overrated.”
“God doesn't know things. He is things.”
“[Some men are shortsighted, so] going to prison or going to hell just doesn't matter to these men.”
“Voluptuaries, consumed by their senses, always begin by flinging themselves with a great display of frenzy into an abyss. But they survive, they come to the surface again. And they develop a routine of the abyss: It's four o clock. At five I have my abyss...”
“I would, if checking boxes in a questionnaire, say I would oppose abortion except when the life of the mother is in danger.”

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