"I wasn't sure I could make it through another hour of his company without throwing my stapler at his head."

-- Tana French

#Hours Quotes #Throwing Quotes #Company Quotes

“The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the cathedrals, clergy, missions, sermons, even the Bible itself, are simply a waste of time. God became Man for no other purpose.”
“Expenditure--like ugliness and errors--becomes a totally new thing when we attach our own personality to it, and measure it by that wide difference which is manifest (in our own sensations) between ourselves and others.”
“Keep going. You're almost there and remember, the sun is most beautiful as it's going away.”
“I think we should always listen to Bill Clinton about everything. And so, if that's his view then that should be the rule of law.”
“The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do... Writing is a process of dealing with not-knowing, a forcing of what and how.”
“It is above all man's social position that decides whether he will sublimate his sadism as a butcher, surgeon, or policeman.”
“The most important element of democracy, I believe, is the protection of minorities.”
“And if I really can see the future, then what does it mean? Is there any sense in our lives if everything is already out there, just waiting to happen? For if that were so, then life would be a horrible monster indeed, with no chance of escape from fate, from destiny. It would be like reading a book, but reading it backwards, from the final chapter down to chapter one, so that the end is already known to you.”

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