"I think predictability is built into any good novel in some way - you begin reading Anna Karenina and you know pretty much what's going to happen at the end. But that doesn't mean you know what's going to happen in the middle. For me, it's that sense of what happens in the middle that's important."

-- Scarlett Thomas

#Reading Quotes #Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Probably the greatest tragedy of the church throughout its long and checkered history has been its constant tendency to conform to the prevailing culture instead of developing a Christian counter-culture .”

Source : John Stott (2014). “The Message of the Sermon on the Mount”, p.44, SPCK
“I don't know what frightens me more, the power that crushes us, or our endless ability to endure it.”
“For God's sake, have some self-respect and do not run off at the mouth if your brain is out to lunch.”

Source : Anton Chekhov (2008). “How to Write Like Chekhov: Advice and Inspiration, Straight from His Own Letters and Work”, p.24, Da Capo Press
“I would think: Stay close to the implants! They must know something because they keep getting asked backstage!”
“It is a pity that Elizabeth and I cannot marry each other. Our children would have gained mastery over the whole world.”

Source : "Woman Through the Ages: Volume 2". Book by Emil Reich, p. 38, 1908.
“It is finished, is never said of us”
“Either you participate in the community like an adult or you leave and do your own thing,”
“Family, friends and relationships are the blessings of the God. They are the best way to access God.”

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