“This ancient city is made of stone and stone walls that have not fallen yet. Like paradise it is bounded by rivers, and contains fabulous beasts. Most of them have heads. If you drink from the wells, and there are many, you might live forever, but there is no guarantee you will live forever as you are. You might mutate.”
Source: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
“Even if there were no parting, no relationship between a boy and girl could ever remain just as it was.”
Source: Confessions of a Mask
“Knowledge is power. Applied knowledge is powerful and impactful”
“Worse, you'll realize it's always been shifting.”
Source: House of Leaves: The Remastered Full-Color Edition
“Some things cannot be resolved, even after years and years. They simply are. They can't be made to unhappen; but they can't be kept either, framed or shrouded, unchanging.”
Source: The Quiet Voices
“That stress had felt so real, the choices so monumental. But ultimately, it was all opportunity. The chance had fallen into my lap, any outcome would have been okay.”
Source: Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
“The best way to change was to make changes.”
Source: Speak: Find Your Voice, Trust Your Gut, and Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
“Don’t just ask God to change the people and circumstances that irritate you; ask Him to change you and make you more tolerant.”
Source: Loving People Who Are Hard to Love: Transforming Your World by Learning to Love Unconditionally
“People cannot change other people, only God can truly change a person”
Source: Loving People Who Are Hard to Love: Transforming Your World by Learning to Love Unconditionally
“...most people in the ancient world, did not make a sharp distinction between myth and reality. The two were intimately tied together in their spiritual experience. That is to say, they were less interested in what actually happened, than in what it meant. It would have been perfectly normal, indeed expected, for a writer in the ancient world, to tell tales of gods and heroes, whose fundamental facts would have been recognized as false, but whose underlying message would have been seen as true.”
Source: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth