"What we seek, at the deepest level, is inwardly to resemble, rather than physically to possess, the objects and places that touch us through their beauty."

-- Alain de Botton

“All your dreams are made / When you're chained to the mirror and the razor blade”
“I think comedy has to come from a real place. It has to come from an honest place.”
“I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much.”
“For feeling, not events, is to me the essence of history.”
“Salvation is a work of God for man, rather than a work of man for God.”

Source : Lewis Sperry Chafer, Robert J. Choun, Jr. (2004). “Salvation: God's Marvelous Work of Grace”, p.45, Kregel Publications
“On an altar of prejudice we crucify our own, yet the blood of all children is the color of God.”
“We have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we may have. Each of us has to decide what the right balance is between being effective and being honest.”

Source : "Apocalypse Abuse and 'Climate Doomism'" by Ronald Bailey, reason.com. July 13, 2017.
“That's what a good crime novelist - any good novelist - should do with you: play with your perceptions while showing you everything in plain sight.”

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