"The Gods have proclaimed Christ to have been most pious, but the Christians are a confused and vicious sect."

-- Porphyry

#Christian Quotes #Confused Quotes #Vicious Quotes

“The constantly recurring question must be: What shall we unite with and from what shall we separate? The question of coexistence does not enter here, but the question of union and fellowship does. The wheat grows in the same field as the tares, but shall the two cross-pollinate? The sheep graze near the goats, but shall they seek to interbreed? The unjust and the just enjoy the same rain and sunshine, but shall they forget their deep moral differences and intermarry? ... The Spirit-illuminated church will have none of this”
“I don't got that kind of money man, commercials only pay so much (inaudible).”
“Whenever I'm out-of-doors and find myself wanting to have a first-rate think, I fling myself down on my back, throw my arms and legs out so that I look like an asterisk, and gaze at the sky.”

Source : Alan Bradley (2016). “The Flavia de Luce Series 7-Book Bundle”, p.272, Delacorte Press
“At least as a single woman, I had time to pursue my own interests, read voraciously, and travel when opportunity presented.”

Source : Tasha Alexander (2009). “And Only to Deceive”, p.2, Harper Collins
“Writing is not a series of strokes, but space, divided into characteristic shapes by strokes.”
“If you want to control someone, all you have to do is to make them feel afraid.”
“We strain hardest for things which are almost, but now quite within reach.”
“The victims of injustice in our world do not need our spasms of passion; they need our long obedience in the same direction - our legs and lungs of endurance; And we need sturdy stores of joy.”

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