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“We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality”

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American novelist and philosopher, known for her novels and philosophical ideas. Her works emphasize individualism, free markets, and rationalism, and have had a profound impact on politics and philosophy in the late 20th century. more

“All I say is that I think it is damned unlikely that anything like a central cosmic will, a spirit world, or an eternal survival of personality exist. They are the most preposterous and unjustified of all the guesses which can be made about the universe, and I am not enough of a hair-splitter to pretend that I don't regard them as arrant and negligible moonshine. In theory I am an agnostic, but pending the appearance of radical evidence I must be classed, practically and provisionally, as an atheist.”

Source: The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories

“Thus, for followers of Christ, calling neutralizes the fundamental position of choice in modern life. “I have chosen you,” Jesus said, “you have not chosen me.” We are not our own; we have been bought with a price. We have no rights, only responsibilities. Following Christ is not our initiative, merely our response, in obedience. Nothing works better to debunk the pretensions of choice than a conviction of calling. Once we have been called, we literally “have no choice.”

“And always I have this feeling--which may not be true at all--that I am being used as a messenger.”

May Feelings Used Being True Messengers

Author:Jane Goodall

“And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.”

Littles Taken Laughter Lovely Broke Misfortunes Irritated

Book:The Little Prince:

Source: The Little Prince:

“From the first time you laughed with me, all those months, and all those stories,” Joe said quietly. “They were all you, to me. All of them were you.”

Firsts Said Stories Months First Time Laughed

Author:Megan Hart

“I really worry about these political people that have no personal life. If there's nothing that's lovely, and if there's nothing that's just ephemeral, that you can just lie on the floor and bust a gut laughing at, then what's the point?”

People Ifs Political Lying Worry Laughing Lovely Guts Personal Life Ephemeral

Author:Arundhati Roy

“Oh, what a love it was, utterly free, unique, like nothing else on earth! Their thoughts were like other people's songs.”

People Earth Song Unique Doctor Zhivago

Author:Boris Pasternak

“They loved each other, not driven by necessity, by the "blaze of passion" often falsely ascribed to love. They loved each other because everything around them willed it, the trees and the clouds and the sky over their heads and the earth under their feet.”

Earth Passion Tree Feet Sky Clouds Driven Doctor Zhivago

Author:Boris Pasternak

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