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“Although he wouldn’t wish their fate upon anyone, if he were truthful, he was glad not to be alone.”
― The Missionary
― The Missionary
“Believing doesn't make God real. Unbelief doesn't make Him disappear. Your opinion doesn’t change reality.”
― Slow Brewing Tea
― Slow Brewing Tea
“Here’s a 165-year old but still fitting comment on public officials who are so sure they’re right that they’ll drive over a cliff rather than compromise:
“Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt – are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world?” William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair: a Novel without a Hero (1848).
The author’s middle name really was “Makepeace.” As the quote shows, he disliked those who would not.”
― Vanity Fair
“Always to be right, always to trample forward, and never to doubt – are not these the great qualities with which dullness takes the lead in the world?” William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair: a Novel without a Hero (1848).
The author’s middle name really was “Makepeace.” As the quote shows, he disliked those who would not.”
― Vanity Fair
“You don’t have any reason to be mad at me. You stole my life and I stole it back.”
― Crossbones
― Crossbones
“He did not need to be ordained, for the traditional religion of the Xhosas is characterized by a cosmic wholeness, so that there is little distinction between the sacred and the secular, between the natural and the supernatural.”
― Long Walk to Freedom
― Long Walk to Freedom
Michale’s 2024 Year in Books
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