"You see, this would be a death by the imagination. And though the imagination feeds on phantoms, it needs a premise in reality to begin with. Then it can go on from there under its own power."

-- Cornell Woolrich

#Fear Quotes #Reality Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“I'm a living, breathing example of someone who does the same exact thing, but drugs and alcohol just aren't a part of who I am.”
“True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible.”

Source : Lawana Blackwell (2008). “The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark (The Gresham Chronicles Book #3)”, p.437, Baker Books
“Probability of human error is considerably higher than that of machine error.”
“It's getting harder and harder to differentiate between schizophrenics and people talking on a cell phone. It still brings me up short to walk by somebody who appears to be talking to themselves.”
“There was nothing natural about laissez-faire; free markets could never have come into being merely by allowing things to take their course. Just as cotton manufactures were created by the help of protective tariffs, export bounties, and indirect wage subsidies, laissez-faire was enforced by the state.”

Source : Karl Polanyi (1957). “The Great Transformation”, Beacon Pr
“It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.”
“The world and you must part, or Christ and you will never meet.”

Source : Thomas Brooks, Jay Patrick Green, Sr. (2000). “A Mute Christian Under the Rod & Apples of Gold”, p.189, Sovereign Grace Publishers,
“Maybe I was great in the ring, but outside of boxing, I'm just a brother like other people. I want to live a good life, serve God, help everybody I can. And one more thing. I'm still gonna find out who stole my bike when I was 12 years old in Louisville and I'm gonna whup him. That was a good bike.”

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