"That was how it was, sometimes. You put yourself in front of the thing and waited for whatever was going to happen and that was all. It scared you and it didn't matter. You stood and faced it. There was no outwitting anything. When Almondine had been playful, she had been playful in the face of that knowledge, as defiant as before the rabid thing. Sometimes you looked the thing in the eye and it turned away. Sometimes it didn't."

-- David Wroblewski

#Fear Quotes #Eye Quotes #Matter Quotes

“Women have their uses for historians.”

Source : Ronald Syme (1989). “The Augustan Aristocracy”, p.168, Oxford University Press
“The Bible does not provide a map for life - only a compass.”
“I do not think that the real reason why people accept religion has anything to do with argumentation. They accept religion on emotional grounds.”
“Once we see Jesus, the impossible things He does in our lives become as natural as breathing.”
“I keep trying to forget, but I must remember. And gather the scattered continents of a self, once whole. Before they plant flags and boundary my destiny. Push down the watered mountains that blemish this soiled soul before the valleys of my conscience get the best of me. I'll need a passport just to simply reach the rest of me. A vaccination for a lesser god's bleak history.”
“Part of being a revolutionary is creating a vision that is more humane. That is more fun, too. That is more loving. It's really working to create something beautiful.”
“Have Tottenham closed the gap on Arsenal? Last time I checked they were still 4 miles and 11 titles away”
“Gentlemen prefer blondes.”

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