"Rain is used as white noise when God is disgusted by too much prayer, when the sky is stuffed to bursting with the noise of what people need."

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Source : Ben Marcus (2007). “Notable American Women: A Novel”, p.55, Vintage

Ben Marcus

#Prayer Quotes #Rain Quotes #Sky Quotes

“As far as movies, I love 'The Notebook.' I always say that I wish I could play Rachel McAdams' character. She's amazing. That's the movie every girl wants to be in.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words.”
“Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil - or else an absolute ignorance.”
“Raymond Aron ascribes to Weber the view that 'each man's conscience is irrefutable.' ... while [Weber] holds that an agent may be more or less rational in acting consistently with his values, the choice of any one particular evaluative stance or commitment can be no more rational than any other. All faiths and all evaluations are equally non-rational...”
“So often has my judgment deceived me in my life, that I always suspect it, right or wrong,--at least I am seldom hot upon cold subjects. For all this, I reverence truth as much as any body; andif a man will but take me by the hand, and go quietly and search for itI'll go to the world's end with him:MBut I hate disputes.”
“Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure.”
“The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.”
“True love does not pay attention to the evil it suffers. It rejoices in doing good.”

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