“Crows remember human faces. They remember the people who feed them, who are kind to them. And the people who wrong them too. They don’t forget. They tell each other who to look after and who to watch out for.”
― Crooked Kingdom
― Crooked Kingdom
“Humour is about a clash of perspective that gets resolved with play; absurdity is about a clash of perspectives that we can’t resolve with play.”
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“All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.”
― Chapterhouse: Dune
― Chapterhouse: Dune
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
― Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
― Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
“HUDSON TAYLOR – THE PROGRESSION OF A MISSIONARY CALL:
As child, at age 5: When I am a man, I mean to be a missionary and go to China.
As a young man:I feel I cannot go on living unless I do something for China.
Late in life, as a veteran missionary:
If I had 1,000 lives, I’d give them all for China.”
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As child, at age 5: When I am a man, I mean to be a missionary and go to China.
As a young man:I feel I cannot go on living unless I do something for China.
Late in life, as a veteran missionary:
If I had 1,000 lives, I’d give them all for China.”
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