"Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought."

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Source : Arthur Helps (1851). “Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse Thereon”, p.263

Arthur Helps

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“Modern science is predicated on 'truths' verified through accurate observation and measurements of physical world phenomena.”
“If economic catastrophe does come, will it be a time that draws Christians together to share every resource we have, or will it drive us apart to hide in our own basements or mountain retreats, guarding at gunpoint our private stores from others? If we faithfully use our assets for his kingdom now, rather than hoarding them, can't we trust our faithful God to provide for us then?”
“I dropped out of high school. I really had no interest in doing any school work whatsoever.”
“Everybody's social life in Jordan revolves around family.”
“There is something so intimate about saying the truth out loud. There is something so intimate about hearing the truth said. There is something so intimate about sharing the truth, even if you are not entirely sure what it means.”
“In England, it's now Sir Ben. Mister has just disappeared. It's not even on my passport anymore. They've taken Mister away from me.”
“A plot is two dogs and one bone.”

Source : Robert Newton Peck (1988). “Secrets of successful fiction”, Accord Communications Ltd
“The fiery force is nothing more than the life force as we know it. It is the flame of desire and love, of sex and beauty, of pleasure and joy as we consume and are consumed, as we burn with pleasure and burn out in time.”

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