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I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery.

Our concern for victims is the secular mask of Christian love.

Instead of reorganizing the demoniac, rearranging it a bit, like a psychoanalyst, you do away with it entirely.

If the Gospels were mythical themselves, they could not provide the knowledge that demythologizes mythology.

Vengeance succeeds in spanning generations and encompassing the world. It transcends time and space. One should not be surprised that in the ancient world vengeance was taken to be sacred.

It is curious to see how a science as 'positivist' as modern astronomy can occasion such extravagant daydreams

Cela ne m'étonne guère, car, au point de vue technique, l'ignorance de tous ces gens, à commencer par Frithjof Schuon lui-même, est véritablement effrayante…

The essential point of view advanced here is this: the stability of every living being, as of every structurally stable form, rests, in the last analysis, on a for- mal structure—in fact, a geometrical object—whose biochemical realization is the living being.

The subjects mentioned in his title, Structural Stability and Morphogenesis, have a much wider reference; and he relates his topological system of thought to physical and indeed to general philosophical problems.

The style of flirtation specific to classrooms was of service to the students all their lives.

effect, but in the top of the ninth, with the score still 1–0 and the tension at Shea

After a while, there was one of those awkward, off-romantic moments. "It's not my age, is it?" he said, earnestly. He was seventy-four. "No, no," I said, "I guess I'm just neurotic." That seemed all right.

Regrets?" Diane asked cheerfully. She made a gusty little sandwich out of crackers and cheese.

The word "wilderness" occurs approximately three hundred times in the Bible, and all its meanings are derogatory.

There's no media training. In cooking school, there's not even manager training. You learn the fundamentals of cooking. Everything else is learning by doing.

I hate weekends because there is no stock market.

Frey, James, How to Write a Damn Good Novel. Helpful emphasis on the three C's of Premise: character, conflict, and conclusion; useful throughout. One of the damn best books on the subject.

Stein, Sol, Stein on Writing. Perhaps the best book ever written on the overall craft of fiction. Straightforward, practical, easily absorbed.

Whatever, at least I'll be able to get a drink. Stella, you might want to join me when you're finished because Lord knows your struggle-boyfriend can't afford to buy you a glass of water." Then she sashayed off.

We hardly find traces of information about their presence. One didn't take notice of the dogs, because their presence was taken for granted.

Thy gentleness hath made me great" (2 Samuel 22:36, Authorized Version). Where in the whole Bible do we have a more magnificent paradox than that which associates greatness with gentleness?

one of my press comments may have been literally true: "This may be the biggest collection of theocrats in one

The Constitution—the Bill of Rights in particular—was filled with "majestic generalities" precisely so that federal courts could breathe life into them as the reality of America changed.

Miles, it's only morning and you're already drunk." "No, I'm not," I weakly protested. "I'm just thirsty.