"When we walk without the cross, when we build without the cross and when we proclaim Christ without the cross, we are not disciples of the Lord. We are worldly. We may be bishops, priests, cardinals, popes, all of this, but we are not disciples of the Lord."

-- Pope Francis

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“What is a novel? I say: an invented story. At the same time a story which, though invented has the power to ring true. True to what? True to life as the reader knows life to be or, it may be, feels life to be. And I mean the adult, the grown-up reader. Such a reader has outgrown fairy tales, and we do not want the fantastic and the impossible. So I say to you that a novel must stand up to the adult tests of reality.”
“Stay in shape. And remember, daily exercise is a must. Plan for it, and do it. The rewards will be well worth it.”
“Dude, I just watched you climb up a f*cking building!-Lace”
“I am not convinced that there is such a thing as a soul”
“I write about things that are important for us as Americans. I'm concerned about al-Qaeda sneaking across the border with the illegal immigrants that are using the coyotes to get across the border. And that's not a Democrat or Republican issue, that's a national security issue”
“Standup comedians are attracted to one another because of their faults. So we're all kind of messed up in the same way, and once I was around a group of people that saw the world in a different way, it's like this is where I need to be.”
“Without music, there is not the faintest chance [Bob Dylan] words would now be garlanded as they are.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Despite everything that Harlem did to our generation, I think it gave something to a few. It gave them a strength that couldn't be obtained anywhere else.”

Source : Claude Brown, Nathan McCall (2012). “Manchild in the Promised Land”, p.394, Simon and Schuster

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