"Names turned over by time, like the plough turning the soil. Bringing up the new while the old were buried in the mud."

-- Joe Abercrombie

#Names Quotes #Mud Quotes #Soil Quotes

“It is a thoroughly anti-Christian doctrine that the Spirit of God, and therefore the life and governing power of the Church, resides in the ministry, to the exclusion of the people.”
“You may write twenty lines one day--or even three like Euripides in three days--and a hundred lines in one more day--and yet on the hundred, may have been expended as much good work, as on the twenty and the three.”
“Has anyone ever told you that you lack focus?”

Source : MaryJanice Davidson (2004). “Undead and Unwed: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.97, Penguin
“The problem is that ego can convert anything to its own use, even spirituality.”
“I've got this old-school workout - push-ups, sit-ups, tricep dips. And it worked. Anybody can do this at home.”
“Once we know the plot and its surprises, we can appreciate a book's artistry without the usual confusion and sap flow of emotion, content to follow the action with tenderness and interest, all passion spent. Â Rather than surrender to the story or the characters - as a good first reader ought - we can now look at how the book works, and instead of swooning over it like a besotted lover begin to appreciate its intricacy and craftmanship. Â Surprisingly, such dissection doesn't murder the experience. Â Just the opposite: Only then does a work of art fully live.”
“There was buried in Ruth humanitarianism beyond belief, an intelligence he was never given credit for, a childish desire to be over-virile, living up to credits given his home-run power - and yet a need for intimate affection and respect, and a feverish desire to play baseball, perform, act and live a life he didn't and couldn't take time to understand.”
“Man is a complex being: he makes deserts bloom - and lakes die.”

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