"Wit is an unexpected explosion of thought."

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Edwin Percy Whipple

#Unexpected Quotes #Explosions Quotes #Wit Quotes

“He who waits for the sword to fall upon his neck will surely lose his head.”
“Dryness promotes the formation of flower buds...flowering is, after all, not an aesthetic contribution, but a survival mechanism.”
“One look at Rebecca and Aunt B would have an instant apoplexy. Raphaelâ€™s eyebrows furrowed. â€œMy motherâ€™s approval isnâ€™t necessary.â€ Aha. â€œDoes she know that?”
“I love inscriptions on flyleaves and notes in margins, I like the comradely sense of turning pages someone else turned, and reading passages someone long gone has called my attention to.”
“Artists are the gatekeepers of truth.”
“Heaven is supposed to be a perfect place. Yet, it experienced a war (Revelation 12:7). How can there be a war in a perfect place and if it happened before why couldn't it happen again? Why would I want to go to a place in which war can occur? That's exactly what I'm trying to escape, aren't you?”
“As for football in L.A., it's going to take a loooong time before another team comes here.”
“Of all the things you must earn in life, God's unending affection is not one of them. You have it.”

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