"Madness, and then illumination."

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Source : Orson Scott Card (2009). “Xenocide: Volume Three of the Ender Quintet”, p.292, Macmillan

Orson Scott Card

#Illumination Quotes #Madness Quotes

“I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.”
“If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it.”
“My country's main exports are stolen cars and sadness.”
“Lutheranism restricted itself to an exclusively ecclesiastical and theological character, while Calvinism put its impress in and outside the church upon every aspect of human life.”

Source : Abraham Kuyper (2007). “Lectures on Calvinism”, p.23, Cosimo, Inc.
“Show business is like a bumpy bus ride. Sometimes you find yourself temporarily juggled out of your seat and holding onto a strap. But the main idea is to hang in there and not be shoved out the door.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Astronomy is useful because it raises us above ourselves; it is useful because it is grand; .... It shows us how small is man's body, how great his mind, since his intelligence can embrace the whole of this dazzling immensity, where his body is only an obscure point, and enjoy its silent harmony.”
“It's fun having songs about parties and gigolos, but I really wanted to use my music as a form of art. Art is supposed to spark conversation and make people think, and I wanted to do that with this song”
“In my paper the fact the XY was not equal to YX was very disagreeable to me. I felt this was the only point of difficulty in the whole scheme...and I was not able to solve it.”

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