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“...most people in the ancient world, did not make a sharp distinction between myth and reality. The two were intimately tied together in their spiritual experience. That is to say, they were less interested in what actually happened, than in what it meant. It would have been perfectly normal, indeed expected, for a writer in the ancient world, to tell tales of gods and heroes, whose fundamental facts would have been recognized as false, but whose underlying message would have been seen as true.”
― Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
― Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth
“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
― The Fellowship of the Ring
“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?”
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“I don't hate you.. I just don't like that you exist”
― Seduce the Darkness
― Seduce the Darkness
“His parents had raised him to believe that sex was something you did in private not because it was embarrassing, but because it was intimate.”
― Leviathan Wakes
― Leviathan Wakes
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