“Ever Melkor found some ears that would heed him, and some tongues that would enlarge what they had heard; and his lies passed from friend to friend, as secrets of which the knowledge proves the teller wise.”
― The Silmarillion
― The Silmarillion
“She closed her eyes and wished that the earth itself would swallow her up.”
― Coraline
― Coraline
“And that one over there was Michael Scot,
That one whose hips are slim; he really, truly
Knew every magic trick and every sleight.”
― The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
That one whose hips are slim; he really, truly
Knew every magic trick and every sleight.”
― The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
“The modern world, called "Christian" claims to have perpetuated the system called "Christianity," while, at the same time, it declares, that the miraculous gifts of the Spirit have ceased.
With as much propriety it might be contended, that the magnet “had been perpetuated, but had lost its magnetic properties; that water was perpetuated with all its virtues, but had lost its power to quench thirst, or seek its own level; that fire was still fire, but had lost its heat.”
― Key to the Science of Theology
With as much propriety it might be contended, that the magnet “had been perpetuated, but had lost its magnetic properties; that water was perpetuated with all its virtues, but had lost its power to quench thirst, or seek its own level; that fire was still fire, but had lost its heat.”
― Key to the Science of Theology
“Feminism to Baby Boomers is like the Headless Horseman to Sleepy Hollow: everyone's got a story about how it destroyed a friend of a friend, but none of them have ever actually seen it.”
― HEY, U UP? (For a Serious Relationship): How to Turn Your Booty Call into Your Emergency Contact
― HEY, U UP? (For a Serious Relationship): How to Turn Your Booty Call into Your Emergency Contact
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