"There was a sliver of moon and a splash of stars, and the light outlined her face and glistened on the tears that ran like mercury down her cheeks."

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Source : Jonathan Maberry (2010). “Rot & Ruin”, p.258, Simon and Schuster

Jonathan Maberry

#Stars Quotes #Moon Quotes #Light Quotes

“To do such a thing would be to transcend magic. And I beheld, unclouded by doubt, a magnificent vision of all that invisibility might mean to a manâ€”the mystery, the power, the freedom. Drawbacks I saw none. You have only to think! And I, a shabby, poverty-struck, hemmed-in demonstrator, teaching fools in a provincial college, might suddenly becomeâ€”this.”
“Until there is peace between religions, there can be no peace in the world.”
“Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.”
“Men famed for wit, of dangerous talents vain, Treat those of common parts with proud disdain; The powers that wisdom would, improving, hide, They blaze abroad, with inconsid'rate pride; While yet but mere probationers for fame, They seize the honor they should then disclaim: Honor so hurried to the light must fade, The lasting laurels nourish in the shade.”

Source : George Crabbe (1839). “The Poetical Works of Crabbe, Heber, and Pollok: Complete in One Volume”, p.158
“Our disrespect for thinking: someone sitting in a chair, gazing out of a window blankly, always described as 'doing nothing'.”
“The premium so often put in schools upon external "discipline," and upon marks and rewards, upon promotion and keeping back, are the obverse of the lack of attention given to life situations in which the meaning of facts, ideas, principles, and problems is vitally brought home.”
“Wouldn't it be a helluva joke if all this were really burnt cork and you people were being tolerant for nuthin'?”
“Now you are beginning to think for yourself instead of letting others think for you. Thatâ€™s the beginning of wisdom.”

Source : Margaret Mitchell (2016). “Gone with the Wind”, p.122, Hamilton Books

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