"We only see starlight because all the stars are bleeding."

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Source : Steven Hall (2005). “The Raw Shark Texts”, p.252, Canongate Books

Steven Hall

#Stars Quotes #Bleeding Quotes #Starlight Quotes

“Things and persons appear to us according to the light we throw upon them from our own minds. How unconsciously we judge others by the light that is within ourselves, condemning or approving them by our own conception of right and wrong, honor and dishonor! We show by our judgment just what the light within us is.”
“So often, science fiction helps to get young people interested in science. That's why I don't mind talking about science fiction. It has a real role to play: to seize the imagination.”
“My sister, Swede, who often sees to the nub, offered this: People fear miracles because they fear being changed--though ignoring them will change you also. Swede said another thing, too, and it rang in me like a bell: No miracle happens without a witness. Someone to declare, Here's what I saw. Here's how it went. Make of it what you will.”

Source : Leif Enger (2001). “Peace Like a River”, p.3, Atlantic Monthly Press
“We need community action and policies to support healthy communities.”
“In literature, you know only what you imagine”
“For a man's house is his castle.”

Source : Argument against the writs of assistance, Boston, Mass., Feb. 1761. Burton Stevenson, Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims and Familiar Phrases (1948), traces the proverb "A man's house is his castle" back to 1567 and notes legal usages of it by Sir Edward Coke in the seventeenth century. See Coke 1; Coke 8; William Pitt, Earl of Chatham 2
“Try not to catch a girl when she's not in a great mood, tired or distracted.”

Source : Source: sea.askmen.com
“The most memorable moment was playing drums with Bob Dylan.”

Source : TV.com Interview, www.tv.com. June 14, 2006.

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