"Sometimes it is right to fear the dark."

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Source : Peter Straub (2015). “If You Could See Me Now”, p.131, Anchor

Peter Straub

#Dark Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“I have a temper on me that could hold back tides.”
“The most outstanding characteristic of Eastern civilization is to know contentment, whereas that of Western civilization is not to know contentment. Contented Easterners are satisfied with their simple life and therefore do not seek to increase their material enjoyment... They are satisfied with their present lot and environment and therefore do not want to conquer nature but merely be at home with nature and at peace with their lot.”
“When a war is over I think it's a cowardly thing to leave the war behind you in minefields that hit women and children and the most vulnerable. Imagine the war is finished and you go to work and there are snipers shooting at you. Imagine taking your kids to the beach and you find that the beach is blowing up beneath you. Like there's nowhere safe.”
“If we understood the world, we would realize that there is a logic of harmony underlying its manifold apparent dissonances.”

Source : "Living Biographies of Great Composers" by Henry Thomas and Dana Lee Thomas, Garden City (NY): Blue Ribbon, (p. 309), 1946.
“You always hear a headline like this, 'Man Killed By Shark', you never hear it from the other perspective, 'Man Swims in Shark Infested Waters, Forgets He's Shark Food'.”
“The gospel must be preached afresh and told in new ways to each generation, since every generation has its own unique questions. The gospel must constantly be forwarded to a new address, because the recipient is repeatedly changing his place of address.”

Source : "How modern should theology be?".
“The major reason why Instagram works is that you can follow anyone out there and start following their photos immediately.”
“I believe in nothing.”

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