"I firmly believe that in this fiery ordeal, in this suffering, misery, and woe, the South is but undergoing a purification by fire and steel that will, in good time, and by God's decree, work out her own independence."

-- Belle Boyd

#War Quotes #Believe Quotes #Fire Quotes

“Centralization at the national capital or within a business undertaking always glorifies the importance of pieces of paper This dims the sense of reality.”
“Yes, metaphor. That's how the whole fabric of mental interconnections holds together. Metaphor is right at the bottom of being alive.”
“Books follow morals, and not morals books.”
“Physics admits of a lovely unification, not just at the level of fundamental forces, but when considering its extent and implications. Classifications like "optics" or "thermodynamics" are just straitjackets, preventing physicists from seeing countless intersections.”

Source : Ted Chiang (2016). “Arrival (Stories of Your Life MTI)”, p.52, Vintage
“It's so easy for me to get caught up in the feeling of a city like Venice, where everything is just beautiful color and gorgeous buildings that are so peaceful. You can roam around and get lost in the labyrinth.”

Source : "Designer Nanette Lepore Talks Travel, Flea Markets & Her Favorite eBay Find". Interview with Heather Summerville, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 4, 2010.
“I'm enough of an optimist and a patriot to believe that in U.S. you have a lot of opportunity and can do pretty much anything you want in some form. For me, the idea of failure is far preferable to the idea of regret.”
“But I shall not know any better then than I know now that he is Godâ€™s Almighty Son, that he is our Savior and Redeemer, and that salvation comes in and through his atoning blood and in no other way.”
“I cling to the optimistic belief that the haphazard and the hopscotch, the creature that sips among many flowers, may actually come up with something...”

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