"It is exciting and emancipating to believe we are one of nature's latest experiments, but what if the experiment is unsuccessful?"

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Source : V.S. Pritchett (2011). “The Living Novel”, p.87, A&C Black

V. S. Pritchett

#Believe Quotes #What If Quotes #Unsuccessful Quotes

“Salvation is the root-the resurrection is the fruit.”
“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.”
“My mother was married to one of the greatest newsmen of all times. CNN was built out of his idealism and his recognition that, in a global age, we needed greater understanding of the world around us.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The preaching that ignores the doctrine of Hell lowers the holiness of God and degrades the work of Christ.”
“Humans had always been better at killing than any other living thing.”

Source : Dmitry Glukhovsky (2014). “METRO 2033: The cult bestseller behind the METRO LAST LIGHT and METRO 2033 video games”, p.8, Dmitry Glukhovskiy
“Donâ€™t go where it is all fine music and grand talk and beautiful architecture; those things will neither fill anybodyâ€™s stomach, nor feed his soul. Go where the gospel is preached, the gospel that really feeds your soul, and go often.”
“The historical side of fashion was very attractive to me when I was a teenager in Moscow, working for the costume departments in various Russian theater companies.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“This is war: Boys flung into a breach Like shoveled earth; And old men, Broken, Driving rapidly before crowds of people In a glitter of silly decorations. Behind the boys And the old men, Life weeps, And shreds her garments To the blowing winds.”

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