"ClichÃ©s remind and reassure us that we're not alone, that others have trod this ground long ago."

-- Miguel Syjuco

#Long Quotes #Not Alone Quotes

“The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting.”
“The impact of the Yemeni manuscripts is still to be felt. Their variant readings and verse orders are all very significant. Everybody agrees on that. These manuscripts say that the early history of the Koranic texts is much more of an open question than many have suspected: the text was less stable, and therefore had less authority, than has always been claimed.”
“If we maintain the open-mindedness of children, we challenge fixed ideas and established structures, including our own. We listen to people in other denominations and religions. We don't find demons in those with whom we disagree. We don't cozy up to people who mouth our jargon. If we are open, we rarely resort to either-or: either creation or evolution, liberty or law, sacred or secular, Beethoven or Madonna. We focus on both-and, fully aware that God's truth cannot be imprisoned in a small definition.”
“Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.”
“I think if I had to choose, I would rather have gravity instead of zero gravity. It's fun for a while, but I'd rather live on Earth.”
“As far as belief goes, postmodernism prefers to travel light: it has beliefs, to be sure, but it does not have faith”
“most crimes are connected to hunger. One hunger or another.”

Source : Marlena de Blasi (2008). “That Summer in Sicily: A Love Story”, p.66, Ballantine Books
“Usually when a woman is 60, it's over.”

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