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“Minds fettered by this doctrine no longer inquire concerning a proposition whether it is attested by sufficient evidence, but whether it accords with Scripture; they do not search for facts as such, but for facts that will bear out their doctrine. It is easy to see that this mental habit blunts not only the perception of truth, but the sense of truthfulness, and that the man whose faith drives him into fallacies treads close upon the precipice of falsehood.”
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“I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.”
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“We're like the Three Musketeers, searching for truth and justice and the American way.: Glitch snorted. "More like the Three Blind Mice, stumbling around trying to find a hunk of cheese in the dark.”
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“When you believe that you are not worthwhile in and of yourself, in the back of your mind you also begin to believe that life is not worthwhile in and of itself. It is only worthwhile insofar as it relates to your crusade. It is a kamikaze mission.”
Source : Source: www.maroonweekly.com
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“Inspiration comes from the act of writing.”
Source : "I find inspiration through writing". www.swissinfo.ch. July 6, 2008.
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“My mother had been a grade-school teacher, and my father had an eighth-grade education.”
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“Never tell a lie when you can bullshit your way through it”
Source : Eric Ambler (2012). “This Gun for Hire”, p.21, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
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“I have a lot of trouble forgiving myself for being so dumb... But yes, of course, the big generous compassionate view that you should take of yourself and of all events is: what a glorious circus train this has been, and what a wonderful messy parade, and all of those steps took me here, where I precisely need to be now, so God bless it.”