"Sylvieâ€™s knowledge, like Izzie's, was random yet far-ranging, â€˜The sign that one has acquired oneâ€™s learning from reading novels rather than an educationâ€¦"

-- Kate Atkinson

#Reading Quotes #Novel Quotes

“There are natures that go to the streams of life in great cities as the hart goes to the water brooks.”
“If I had caused any trouble worth mentioning, you would have read about it in 'Star' magazine, which is probably why I didn't cause any trouble worth mentioning.”
“The more improbable the message, the less "compressible" it is, and the more bandwidth it requires. This is Shannon's point: the essence is its improbability.”

Source : William Poundstone (2010). “Fortune's Formula: The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street”, p.57, Macmillan
“When people make a contract with the devil and give him an air-conditioned office to work in, he doesn't go back home easily.”

Source : James Lee Burke (2014). “In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead”, p.375, Simon and Schuster
“We're not going to survive in this world, temporally or spiritually, without increased faith in the Lord-and I don't mean a positive mental attitude-I mean downright solid faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. That is the one thing that gives vitality and power to otherwise rather weak individuals.”
“I always thought I could coach. I just thought people were poor judges of good coaches.”
“God has called every Christian to international missions, but He does not want everyone to go. God calls some to be senders.”
“If you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and God then you are a religious Christian. Myself and many more like me do not necessarily have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and God. We do however believe in Christianity as a cultural, social, identity and moral platform. This makes us Christian.”

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