Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Michelle Hodkin

Quote by Michelle Hodkin

Work

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

This novel follows the story of Mara Dyer, a young woman who grapples with her own identity and the mysterious events surrounding her after a tragic accident. more

Author

Michelle Hodkin
Michelle Hodkin

Michelle Hodkin is a British author known for her young adult novels. Her works are characterized by their unique style and deep emotional exploration. more

You May Also Like

“All the answers you may wish for lie within faith, but it demands a complete and incontinent surrender, an immersion as total as any baptism. Indeed baptism is a kind of enactment of the surrender: you bathe in faith, you swim in it, you live by it, surrounded by it, buoyed up by it, engulfed by it. You drown in it, for at times it takes your breath away as entirely as any lungful of water.... All the answers lie in faith; and when you lose your faith you have no choice but to substitute for if a philosophy that deliberately and coldly offers no answers at all.”

IfsKindMayPhilosophyLyingFaithChoicesWishWaterLosesAnswersOffersDemandBreathsSurrenderLive BySwimSubstitutesBaptismImmersion
Author:Simon Mawer
Create image

“When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?'”

PeopleBelieveSaidReligionSpiritualityPeaceAudienceAtheismCatholicDon't BelieveAtheistIrelandProtestantsStood UpPhilosophy Of ReligionCrispsReligion GodPhilosophy And ReligionNorthern IrelandBeing IrishIreland And The IrishFunny ReligiousFunny Atheist
Author:Quentin Crisp
Create image

“Probably no single event highlights the strength of Campbell's argument (on peak oil) better than the rapid development of the Alberta tar sands. Bitumen, the world's ugliest and most expensive hydrocarbon, can never be a reasonable substitute for light oil due to its extreme capital, energy, and carbon intensity. Bitumen looks, smells, and behaves like asphalt; running an economy on it is akin to digging up our existing road infrastructure, melting it down, and enriching the goop with hydrogen until it becomes a sulfur-rich but marketable oil.”

WorldLooksLightRunningEnergyEconomyRichEventsDevelopmentArgumentDown AndExtremesSmellDuesOilBehaveReasonableExpensiveGlobal WarmingSandSubstitutesIntensityCarbonInfrastructureRapidsMeltingDiggingHighlightsHydrogenEnrichingAsphaltAlbertaPeak OilHydrocarbonsSulfur
Author:Andrew Nikiforuk
Create image