"There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark."

-- J. R. R. Tolkien

#Dark Quotes #May Quotes #Ends Quotes

“A witty vicar once said that a good marriage is like a pair of scissors with the couple inseparable joined, often moving in opposite directions, yet always destroying anyone who comes between them. The trick is for the blades to learn to work smoothly together, so as not to cut each other.”

Source : Kristin James, Mary Jo Putney, Julie Tetel (1994). “Promised Brides”
“Fight death all your days, and die knowing you know nothing.”
“Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.”
“I don't live for glamor and I don't care for fame, I'm in it for the love of the game”
“We must take the abiding spiritual values which inhere in the deep experiences of religion in all ages and give them new expression in terms of the framework which our new knowledge gives us. Science forces religion to deal with new ideas in the theoretical realm and new forces in the practical realm.”
“The American people are slow to wrath, but when their wrath is once kindled it burns like a consuming flame.”
“Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe on instinct.”

Source : Appearance and Reality (1893) preface
“I made up my mind that nothing,, nothing was going to stop me Not even me.”

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