"It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results."

-- John Calvin

#Despair Quotes #Results Quotes #Accomplish Quotes

“Habit was stronger than emotion.”

Source : Tim Wynne-Jones (2010). “The Uninvited”, p.295, Candlewick Press
“Man has made many machines, complex and cunning, but which of them indeed rivals the workings of his heart?”
“Terence O'Ryan heard him and straightway brought him a crystal cup full of the foaming ebon ale which the noble twin brothers Bungiveagh and Bungardilaun brew ever in their divine alevats, cunning as the sons of deathless Leda. For they garner the succulent berries of the hop and mass and sift and bruise and brew them and they mix therewith sour juices and bring the must to the sacred fire and cease not night or day from their toil, those cunning brothers, lords of the vat.”
“It took years of wear and tear before idealism crumbled like so much bric-a-brac.”
“... clear thinking is not the characteristic which distinguishes our literature today. We are more and more caught up by the unintelligible. People like it. This argues an inability to think, or, almost as bad, a disinclination to think.”
“I hyperventilate opening a box of chocolates. I'm the most nervous guy in the world.”
“In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?”
“The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists.”

Source : Sol Stein (2014). “Stein On Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies”, p.277, St. Martin's Press

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