"The people who say you are not facing reality actually mean that you are not facing their idea of reality"

“All I know is that D'Aubuisson is a free enterprise man and deeply religious.”

Source : Jesse Helms (1984). “"A Lot of Human Beings Have Been Born Bums": 20 Years of the Words of Senator No”, Carolina Indepnt Publication Corporation

“I've just come to realize I'm going to share my point of view. Some people won't like me for it. Some people will. I will work every day to be as honest as I can because I do believe that we're all trying to get to the same place. But various people have tricked us into believing that we are not. And I see America going into that space.”

“Books do not make life easier or more simple, but harder and more interesting.”

Source : Harry Golden (1964). “So what else is new?”

“Our inability to see the beauty doesn't suggest in the slightest that beauty is not there. Rather, it suggests that we are not looking carefully enough or with broad enough perspective to see the beauty.”

“I was shy for several years in my early days in Hollywood until I figured out that no one really gave a damn if I was shy or not, and I got over my shyness.”

“Our young men are going into the professional fields because they don't 'feel called' to the mission field. We don't need a call; we need a kick in the pants. We must begin thinking in terms of 'going out,' and stop our weeping because 'they won't come in.' Who wants to step into an igloo? The tombs themselves are not colder than the churches. May God send us forth.”

“Facts do not speak for themselves. They speak for or against competing theories. Facts divorced from theories or visions are mere isolated curiosities.”

“Then they both smiled the exact same smile. Narcissism times two. Oh, get a room already.”

Source : Devon Monk (2010). “Magic at the Gate: An Allie Beckstrom Novel”, p.22, Penguin