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“Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.”
Source : Theodore Dreiser (1920). “Hey Rub-a-dub-dub: A Book of the Mystery and Wonder and Terror of Life”
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“Since ancient times, the philosophers' secret has always been this: we know that God does not exist, or, at least, if he does, he's utterly indifferent to our individual affairs--but we can't let the rabble know that; it's the fear of God, the threat of divine punishment and the promise of divine reward, that keeps in line those too unsophisticated to work out questions of morality on their own.”
Source : Robert J. Sawyer (2009). “Calculating God”, p.146, Macmillan
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“Beautify your tongues, O people, with truthfulness, and adorn your souls with the ornament of honesty. Beware, O people, that ye deal not treacherously with any one.”
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“I could never be cynical, not that I think there's anything wrong with cynicism. I think it can be quite funny at times. But I just feel so grateful to be alive.”
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“If you can't be direct, why be?”
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“Fashion people think that the careful Nice companies are boring beyond measure. (Nice people think fashionistas look silly and should Get A Life).”
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“My face has always been my fortune anyway, not my body.”
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“All the tales of miracles, with which the Old and New Testament are filled, are fit only for impostors to preach and fools to believe.”
