"I kept asking myself if I felt different, if I was different. The answer was always yes. I was no longer nothingâ€¦ How odd, I thought; it had taken my motherâ€™s death, Father Quinelâ€™s murder, and the desire of others to kill me to claim a life of my own."

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Source : Avi, (2004). “The Crispin: Cross of Lead”, Hyperion

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“I can make anything disappear, if I really want to.”

Source : "Phantom". Book by Susan Kay, 1990.
“The knowledge of everything knowable is not yet wisdom”

Source : Franz Rosenzweig, Nahum Norbert Glatzer (1955). “On Jewish Learning”, p.86, Univ of Wisconsin Press
“God is not calling us to go to church; he is calling us to be his church, the hope of the world.”

Source : Craig Groeschel (2010). “The Christian Atheist: Believing in God But Living as If He Doesn't Exist”, p.221, Harper Collins
“Stan Slaughter is the thoroughbred of the environmental educators I've hired. Second place is not even close.”
“People say to me. 'What about the rich?' They need Jesus too.' Well, that's fine if you're called to them, but we're called to the poor. The rich can look after themselves.”
“The necessity of loyalty between friends, the responsibility that the strong owe the infirm, the illusion of ill-gotten gain, the rewards of hard work, honesty, and trust-these are enduring truths glimpsed and judged first through the imagination, first through art.”

Source : Michael Dorris (1994). “Paper trail: essays”, Harpercollins
“I've already done two cover albums. I don't know, maybe it wouldn't be a good idea to do another, but I just did the Led Zeppelin song for fun, and I thought I could do it kind of quick since songs that I love a lot I can do fast.”
“People fear leaving their safe harbor of the known and venturing off into the unknown. Human beings crave certainty - even when it limits them.”

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