"They ask how the universe is arranged, philosophers, mathematicians, and they draw pretty pictures, impossibilities on the page. They save phenomena by telling one ugly lie after another, epicycles upon epicycles, and the fools care not. It is not enough, I tell you, to ask how the cosmos is designed. We must ask why."

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Source : Robin Wasserman (2012). “The Book of Blood and Shadow”, p.325, Knopf Books for Young Readers

Robin Wasserman

#Life Quotes #Lying Quotes #Care Quotes

“The question is, "Are you spiritual or are you not?" The truth is you are. The reality is you don't believe it”
“We jumped into the protest of Vietnam before the Black Panther Party ever started, before the Black Panther Party was even thought of. In fact, it was late 1965 and 1966 that the anti-Vietnam War, anti-draft to the Vietnam War protest started at University of California, Berkeley.”
“The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' â€” this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.”
“Poetry, mythology, and religion represent the world as man would like to have it, while science represents the world as he gradually comes to discover it.”
“Any society which gives lip-service to the idea of equal opportunity is going to generate jealousy of others who are better off than you are, even if the thing that's in short supply can't be carved up and shared without destroying it.”

Source : John Brunner (2011). “Stand on Zanzibar”, p.216, Macmillan
“What if I could give you your life back; pluck out the pain; and give you a world of unimaginable beauty that would be for all time.”
“My victory is when the audience buys a ticket to watch my film. I am extremely thrilled when they give it a thumbs-up.”
“I haven't seen one guy beat five people yet. It needs to be done collectively.”

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