"Because those events are so real that they cast their shadow forward and backwards through all time, whenever men think of these matters at all. Even if they are mired in ignorace, they will see...fragments of the Truth, as men imprisoned in a cave see shadows cast by the sun. Likewise, all men derive their moral intuitions from God; how not? There is no other source, just as there is no other way to make a wheel than to make it round."

-- S.M. Stirling

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“Research has deserted the individual and entered the group. The individual worker find the problem too large, not too difficult. He must learn to work with others.”
“Unless you are a professional, you will find the tart to be a high-maintenance, unforgiving whistle-blower of a pastry.”
“If you yearn for holy felicity, shed your arrogance and Become A Seeker Of Hearts.”
“Blue thought about what Gansey had said, about being wealthy in love. And she thought about Adam, still collapsed on their sofa downstairs. If he had no one to wrap their arms around him when he was sad, could he be forgiven for letting his anger lead him?”
“A good [short story] would take me out of myself and then stuff me back in, outsized, now, and uneasy with the fit.”
“I am an organization person, I believe in individuals banding together. I don't believe in unilateral actions. Some people don't like organizations. But it is always awesome to me when you can pool a lot of talent and a lot of people who have so many talents. That is when you really can make your program move.”
“For years my only purpose was to do documentary photos for magazines, without any idea that they were part of a larger project. It was as if I were carried along by a stream - even though I believed that the current was taking me in the right direction.”
“I like stirring the pot - I think it's part of my duty, to shake people up a bit - make them look at things in a different way.”

Source : "Nina's wars" by Susanna Rustin, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2003.

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