"Wyrd bith ful araed (Fate is inexorable)."

-- Bernard Cornwell

“If some nuclear properties of the heavy elements had been a little different from what they turned out to be, it might have been impossible to build a bomb.”

Source : "Enrico Fermi: Physicist". Book by Emilio G. Segre (p. 149), 1970.
“I once heard someone say that success is not hocus pocus but focus focus.”
“Where there is no respect for life, there you will find evil.”
“Whatever your craft is, be a master of it. Being half assed at something, people will eventually see through.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 28, 2013
“It is within the power of writers and artists to do much more: to defeat the lie!”
“Everything is going to work out-there's no other option.”
“I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.”
“Thanks to Facebook, I never forget the birthdays of people I don't really know.”

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