"Look, taste is clearly the crudest of our senses: this is scientifically, objectively factual. It is less nuanced. Eyesight is extraordinary - hearing, touch. I find people who devote their whole lives to taste a little strange."

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

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“If you are a jackal, you will try to reassure. Jackals try to fix people in pain. They can't stand pain, but make matters worse by trying to get rid of it. Put on giraffe ears. Try to hear what they are feeling and needing.”
“Bullock by name, and Bullock by nature.”

Source : "Lord Bullock of Leafield" by Mark Frankland, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2004.
“Our ignorance allowed us to live, as you are in the mountains, and your rope is frayed and about to break, but you don't know it and feel safe.”
“I've heard it said that grace is God reaching God's hands into the world. And the Bible tells us that we are part of the body of Christ, that if we let the Spirit move through us, we can become the hands of Christ on earth. Hands that heal, bless, unite, and love. I'd like to think God's hands are a bit like Grace's man handsâ€”gentle but big, busy, and tough. God's hands are those of a creatorâ€”an artist who molded and shaped the universe out of a void, who hewed matter from nothingness.”
“the blue and cloudless day closes like the lid of a casket of jewels upon the violet rim of sea, and shuts out the light.”
“The word 'belief' is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it.”
“I'm happy with what I've done but it's a challenge to try to win more.”
“Also, I do not like the companionship of women. They are petty and personal. They hang on to their mysteries and secrets, they act and pretend. I like the character of men better.”

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