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“When you create art, you don‘t think. You only wait to record impressions as they drop on your soul. Art is raw fire, and thinking is water. They can‘t mix together. You can think later. But create now!”

Book:Sips And Little Portions

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“The sciences do not try to explain, they hardly even try to interpret, they mainly make models. By a model is meant a mathematical construct which, with the addition of certain verbal interpretations, describes observed phenomena. The justification of such a mathematical construct is solely and precisely that it is expected to work.”

Limits Of Knowledge

Author:John von Neumann

“Books will only get you so far; it’s vital to trust in what’s there outside of your comprehension, that which you can’t really know: God. Even the books about Him don’t come close.”

Wisdom Faith Books Trust In God Transcendence Limits Of Knowledge

Book:In Limbo

Source: In Limbo

“There are more things in heaven and earth… than are dreamt of in your science.”

Dogma Shakespeare Scientism Dogmatism Hamlet Theory Of Everything Theory Of Consciousness Limits Of Knowledge Dogmatic Science Limits Of Philosophy

Author:A.E. Samaan

“Every year fewer and fewer words, and they range of conciousness always a little smaller.”

Politics Language Limits Of Knowledge

Book:1984

Source: 1984

“Without thinking about what she was doing, she pulled blueberries from the icebox and peaches from the fruit bin. She might have only been seven years old, but she was smart enough to know that her mother would have a fit if she pulled out knives, or did anything near the two-burner hot plate. Instead, Portia, pulled the peaches apart, catching the sticky-sweet juice on her tongue as it ran down her fingers. She found a slice of angel food cake wrapped in plastic and plopped the fruit on top.”

Peaches Fruits Blueberries Portia Cuthcart Angel Food

Book:The Glass Kitchen

Source: The Glass Kitchen

“Heart pounding, she started to prepare the meal that hit her so hard. Her famous cherry tomatoes stuffed with chile, cheese, and bacon, along with pulled pork, endive slaw, and potato pancakes with homemade catsup.”

Cooking Meal Portia Cuthcart Cherry Tomatoes

Book:The Glass Kitchen

Source: The Glass Kitchen

“The images swirled through her. She needed to bake. Cake. A layered chocolate cake. With vanilla buttercream frosting. The images were as clear as four-color photos from a coffee table book on baking. She could taste the vanilla, butter, and cream whipped into a sugar frosting as if she had spooned it into her mouth. The chocolate smelled so real that a chill of awareness ran along her skin, pooling in her fingertips. She itched to bake.”

Cake Tastes Portia Cuthcart

Book:The Glass Kitchen

Source: The Glass Kitchen

“And they liked to say they were very lucky and very blessed by God, but it was always clear they meant they were special. Set not just apart, but above.”

Religion Superiority Elitism Perceived Salience

Book:The End of Drum-Time

Source: The End of Drum-Time

“Images of food rushed through her head, surprising her. Fried chicken. Sweet jalapeño mustard. Mashed potatoes. Biscuits. And a pie. Big and sweet, strawberries with whipped cream- so Texan, so opposite this fierce New Yorker.”

Food For Thought Portia Cuthcart Portia And Gabriel Gabriel Kane

Book:The Glass Kitchen

Source: The Glass Kitchen

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