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“Because no retreat from the world can mask what is in your face.”

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Gregory Maguire is an American novelist known for his reinterpretation of classic fairy tales. His works are characterized by profound moral implications and rich imagination, which have won him a wide audience. more

“It's beautiful," said Mort softly. "What is it?" THE SUN IS UNDER THE DISC, said Death. "Is it like this every night?" EVERY NIGHT, said Death. NATURE'S LIKE THAT. "Doesn't anyone know?" ME. YOU. THE GODS. GOOD, ISN'T IT? "Gosh!" Death leaned over the saddle and looked down at the kingdoms of the world. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, he said, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY.”

Knows World Said Beautiful Night Sun Murder Kingdoms Every Night Know Me Saddles Discs Curry Death Nature

Author:Terry Pratchett

“When I look around today, the biggest anachronism I see is pregnancy. I just can't believe that people are still pregnant.”

People Believe Looks Stills Today Pregnancy Pregnant Anachronism

Book:The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

Source: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

“Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa. Its western summit is called the Masai 'Ngaje Ngai', the House of God. Close to the western summit there is a dried and frozen carcas of a leopard. No one has explained what the leopard was seeking at that altitude.”

Said House Feet Mountain Highest Western Seeking Snow Covered Frozen Summit Leopards House Of God Kilimanjaro Masai

Author:Ernest Hemingway

“...this is a hard world to be ludicrous in, with so many human beings so reluctant to laugh, so incapable of thought, so eager to believe and snarl and hate.”

World Believe Humans Hard Hate Human Beings Laughing Incapable Reluctant Mother Night

Book:Mother Night: A Novel

Source: Mother Night: A Novel

“Some Westerners […] have argued that the West does not have problems with Islam but only with violent Islamist extremists. Fourteen hundred years of history demonstrate otherwise.”

Years Doe Problem Hundred West Islam Violent Extremist Fourteen Islamists Westerners Clash Of Civilizations

Book:The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

Source: The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

“I believe Western culture - rule of law, universal suffrage, etc. - is preferable to Arab culture: that's why there are millions of Muslims in Scandinavia, and four Scandinavians in Syria. Follow the traffic. I support immigration, but with assimilation.”

“I give the fight up: let there be an end, a privacy, an obscure nook for me. I want to be forgotten even by God.”

Want Giving Ends God Fighting Defeat Forgotten Privacy Obscure Not Giving Up Obscurity

Author:Robert Browning

“Everything is funnier in retrospect, funnier and prettier and cooler. You can laugh at anything from far enough away.”

Life Enough Laughing Inspire Retrospect

Book:Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories

Source: Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories

“Most mainline Protestant churches are, to one degree or another, post-Christian. If they no longer seem disposed to converting the unbelieving to Christ, they can at least convert them to the boggiest of soft-left clichés, on the grounds that if Jesus were alive today he’d most likely be a gay Anglican bishop in a committed relationship driving around in an environmentally friendly car with an “Arms are for Hugging” sticker on the way to an interfaith dialogue with a Wiccan and a couple of Wahhabi imams.”

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