"But, like peace, comfort didn't come from hiding away or running away. Comfort first demanded courage."

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Source : Louise Penny (2013). “How the Light Gets In: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel”, p.118, Macmillan

Louise Penny

#Running Quotes #Comfort Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Atheists themselves used to be very comfortable in maintaining that the universe is eternal and uncaused. The problem is that they can no longer hold that position because modern evidence that the universe started with the Big Bang. So they can't legitimately object when I make the same claim about God - he is eternal and he is uncaused.”
“It’s the glitches and twists, I thought, that make this universe unique and compelling. Without flaws, there would be no depth, no substance.”
“It ain't because lovers are so sensitive that they quarrel so often; it is because there is so much fun n the making up.”
“The difference between people and ideas is... only superficial.”
“The Philippines was with the U.S. in the Second World War, in the Korean War, in the Vietnam War, and now in the war against terrorism.”
“For in spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody.”
“I was married for 18 years to a woman who wanted me to get sober for all 18 years and I never did. She finally came to her senses and divorced me.”
“Egyptian pyramids or obelisks – seemed to be the basis of the great memorials that have kept their significance and dignity across time. Neither an obelisk nor a rectangular box nor a dome seemed right on this site or for this purpose. But here, at the edge of the Mississippi River, a great arch did seem right.”

Source : "Eero Saarinen on His Work: A Selection of Buildings Dating from 1947 to 1964 with Statements by the Architect".

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