"Nothing will get you into trouble so deep or as sad as faith."

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Source : Rick Bass (1994). “The Watch: Stories”, p.46, W. W. Norton & Company

Rick Bass

#Trouble Quotes

“From the minute I wake up until I go to bed I think about food.”
“Most people don't pray until they're in trouble. When people need help they pray a lot. But after they get what they want, they slow down. If a man takes five showers a day, his body will be clean. Praying five times a day helps me clean my mind.”
“Love is not about two people doing things similar. It is about two people doing things differently to cover one another's flaws, and making it a perfect whole.”
“You had evil inside you, and you indulged it. Men will always indulge it.”
“We must remember that one of the most insidious ways of keeping women and minorities powerless is to let them only talk about harmless and inconsequential subjects...”

Source : Mitsuye Yamada, Merle Woo, Nellie Wong (2003). “Three Asian American Writers Speak Out on Feminism”, Red Letter Press
“I see loyalty - roughly perseverance in relational commitments despite the cost of such perseverance - as an important human value/virtue. Think of it as a kind of relational glue.”

Source : "Ethics, Law and Politics". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com.
“I'm just taking one step at a time. I could zigzag one way, but it's not usually on purpose.”
“Mistrust must be acted on, and effective action by the ruled is not solitary and singular, but joint and repeated.”

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