"I didn't want to be on the losing side. I was fed up with Jewish weakness, timidity and fear. I didn't want any more Jewish sentimentality and Jewish suffering. I was sickened by our sad songs."

-- Lionel Blue

#Song Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Weakness Quotes

“Sinful man really hopes when he no longer has anything of his own.”
“When people protest and are upset with a movie, it becomes a big hit. They hated Passion of The Christ, it worked out pretty well for the box office. So let's get that going.”
“To be honest, Iâ€™m more concerned with living my life than writing about my life. I feel like thatâ€™s really the main thing I know now that I didnâ€™t know when I was younger â€” and that is that you have to have a life to write about one. If youâ€™re more worried about having experiences so you can write about them, I think youâ€™re kinda being ridiculous, and I think a lot of young people look at it like that.”
“As parents, you may confidently rear your children according to Gods Word. While bringing up your children, you are to remember that your children are not your 'possessions' but instead are the Lords gift to you. You are to exercise faithful stewardship in their lives.”
“Will you look into my eyes and tell me that you love me now?”
“The first duty of the novelist is to entertain. It is a moral duty. People who read your books are sick, sad, traveling, in the hospital waiting room while someone is dying. Books are written by the alone for the alone.”
“No human walking the earth thinks of himself as a bullshitter.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“There's the idea that you have to know how to solve the world's problems in order to feel that something is morally wrong. I'm always back and forth between optimism and depression about the situation.”

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