"I assert that nothing ever comes to pass without a cause."

-- Jonathan Edwards

“We are our stories. We tell them to stay alive or keep alive those who only live now in the telling.”

Source : Niall Williams (2014). “History of the Rain: Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014”, p.3, A&C Black
“Some piously record 'In the beginning God', but I say 'In the beginning hydrogen'.”
“What could an unsanctified man do in Heaven, if by any chance he got there? Let that question be fairly looked in the face and fairly answered. No man can possibly be happy in a place where he is not in his element and where all around him is not congenial to his tastes, habits and character.”
“Every house we have lived in, every building to which our hands have lent their work, belongs to us by virtue of love or of regret.”
“She couldnâ€™t hide from everyone for the rest of her lifeâ€¦ Well she could. That was the direction things were going. But she knew from long-ago experience that when you were uncertain and if you were courageous enough to let her in a real friend could do a world of good.”
“They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it. What happens is that you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they're just not such a big deal anymore.”
“I'm a promoter of masturbation. Don't sleep around...learn yourself first! Guys do it, but girls don't. They should.”
“Way to rock lil' homie. Much Love.”

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