"Would you ascend to Heaven and bodiless dwell? Or take your bodies honorless to Hell? In Heaven you have heard no marriage is, No white flesh tinder to your lecheries"

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Source : John Crowe Ransom (1978). “Selected Poems”

John Crowe Ransom

#Heaven Quotes #Sin Quotes #Hell Quotes

“But cats to me are strange, so strange I cannot sleep if one is near.”
“I was afraid. Of getting hurt in other ways. To be truthful, I still am." His thumb stroked her cheek. "I would never hurt you." "I don't think you can promise me that." She squeezed his bruised fingers. "But it makes things a bit more equal, to know that I can hurt you, too." His gaze fell to her lips. He said simply, without any trace of irony, "You are killing me.”
“Cat, hmmm? From where I sit you look more like a Kitten." My head jerked around and I shot him an annoyed look. Oh, I was going to enjoy this, all right. "It's Cat," I repeated firmly. "Cat Raven." "Whatever you say, Kitten Tweedy.”
“If you believe that what youâ€™re doing will have positive results, it willâ€” even if itâ€™s not immediately obvious.”
“The new spirituality will step away from dogma, will step away from 'We're right and you're wrong.'”
“Being called a conscious rapper is quite a compliment. It's a great thing to be. But as an artist, my nature is to not be in a box.”
“Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.”
“They've finally come up with the perfect office computer. If it makes a mistake, it blames another computer.”

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