"The Bible is a collection of writings by lots of different people written over maybe a thousand years, from a number of centuries before Jesus to a century after Jesus. I often like to refer to it as "the Scriptures" to make that point about it being lots of writings that were originally separate. What these writings have in common is that "the Old Testament" is writings that grabbed the Jewish people; writings that convinced them that they were God's word to them. And "the New Testament" is writings that grabbed people who believed in Jesus in the same way."

-- John Goldingay

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“She alone dares and wishes to know from within, where she, the outcast, has never ceased to hear the resonance of fore language. She lets the other language speak - the language of 1,000 tongues which knows neither enclosure nor death. To life she refuses nothing. Her language does not contain, it carries; it does not hold back; it makes possible.”
“The problem with lethargy is that doing nothing validates the fear that nothing can be done.”
“science is the most revolutionary force in the world.”

Source : George Sarton (1952). “A Guide to the History of Science: A First Guide for the Study of the History of Science, with Introductory Essays on Science and Tradition”
“Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a story makes you feel inside.”
“The old problems - love, money, security, status, health, etc. - are still here to plague us or please us.”
“Colour is the ultimate in art. It is still and will always remain a mystery to us, we can only apprehend it intuitively in flowers.”
“Some people use their own hurt as an excuse for hurting others”

Source : Roland Merullo (2011). “The Talk-Funny Girl: A Novel”, p.2, Crown
“I remember that coming to America was scary for me because everything here is just bigger, better, shinier, you know?”

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