“Knotty theological questions are the least worrying of problems to me. Why? Because they will be resolved in the hereafter, and meanwhile they can be safely shelved.”
― The Pillars of the Earth
― The Pillars of the Earth
“The kids who leave their favorite authors behind do not in fact leave us utterly abandoned, but in due time drive children of their own to the bookstore and the post office.”
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“Clang Clang Rattle Bing Bang, Gonna make my noise all day!”
― Mortimer
― Mortimer
“A state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes--will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.”
― On Liberty
― On Liberty
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