"The universe now appeared to me as a void wherein floated rare flakes of snow, each flake a universe."

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Source : Olaf Stapledon (2015). “Star Maker”, p.10, Sheba Blake Publishing

Olaf Stapledon

#Snow Quotes #Void Quotes #Flakes Quotes

“I am terrible at making food. I love eating, but I can't make anything.”

Source : "What Diesel's Nicola Formichetti Learned from Lady Gaga" by Faran Krentcil, www.elle.com. May 2, 2013.
“Whenever you think that you are getting too big for the people around you, remember all that separates you from the guy sitting next to you is a little piece of gristle in your throat.”
“I've been writing plays since the third grade. The biggest difference now is that professionals act in them rather than eight year olds...and the language is a bit more "colorful".”
“Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods. It would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to tax) but "to bind us in all cases whatsoever," and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression is impious, for so unlimited a power can belong only to God.”
“I like to shop, but I don't like to go out to dances.”
“Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.”

Source : Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.434, Ravenio Books
“The ultimate goal of discipline is to teach self discipline.”
“Just as someone who's been interested in radio and programming for so long, I can usually tell when an interviewer is doing a segment just to fill a programming slot. They ask questions, but they don't care about the answers.”

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