"There is no devil in the first two chapters of the Bible and no devil in the last two chapters. Thank God for a book that disposes of the devil!"

-- Vance Havner

#Book Quotes #Two Quotes #Devil Quotes

“He brought his great hand to rest on an early edition of Bram Stoker's novel and smiled, but said nothing. Then he moved quietly away into another section.”
“Patience mimics the power of infinity.”

Source : Brandon Mull (2008). “Rise of the Evening Star”, p.171, Simon and Schuster
“it has been long and justly remarked, that folly has ever sought alliance with beauty.”
“Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.”
“As a cultural form, database represents the world as a list of items and it refuses to order this list. In contrast, a narrative creates a cause-and-effect trajectory of seemingly unordered items (events). Therefore, database and narrative are natural enemies. Competing for the same territory of human culture, each claims an exclusive right to make meaning out of the world.”
“There's something about sitting alone in the dark that reminds you how big the world really is, and how far apart we all are.”
“The work of art is a revelation of the innate goodness of matter. Matter narcissistically mirrors itself in art, with the artist's hidden hand that holds the mirror up, the impersonal mechanism by means of which matter makes its perfection manifest.”

Source : Donald Kuspit (2013). “Redeeming Art: Critical Reveries”, p.69, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
“And Max, the king of all wild things, was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all.”

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