“No, I don’t like work. I had rather laze about and think of all the fine things that can be done. I don’t like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work,—the chance to find yourself. Your own reality—for yourself, not for others—what no other man can ever know. They can only see the mere show, and never can tell what it really means.”
― Heart of Darkness
― Heart of Darkness
“I am committed by trade to urging people to attend carefully to the verbal surfaces of what they read.”
― The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
― The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
“He who cannot forgive another breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself. GEORGE HERBERT”
― What's So Amazing About Grace?
― What's So Amazing About Grace?
“The gospel of grace begins and ends with forgiveness. And people write songs with titles like “Amazing Grace” for one reason: grace is the only force in the universe powerful enough to break the chains that enslave generations. Grace alone melts ungrace.”
― What's So Amazing About Grace?
― What's So Amazing About Grace?
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