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“Much of his time at Oxford passed by his own account under a dark cloud of listlessness and depression. He was dismayed by the undergraduates' relentless snobbery and unremitting emphasis on money.”

Book:Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time

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“A son of the Free Church Manse brought up to Calvinism, he adopted at Oxford first rationalist philosophy, and then the social asumptions of the English establishment, and often writes as if he were in fact descended from a long line of Cotswold squires. His last work of fiction, Sick Heart River gives a lucid account of his own development, and seems to me to be a deliberate effort to reconcile himself with life and death throught the charcter of Edward Leithen, of whom he says, 'it is possible to keep your birth-right and live in a new world - many have done it.' But not, I think, without acquiring a permanent inner loneliness and sense of exile.”

Exile Calvinism Oxford University Free Church John Buchan Edward Leithen English Establishment English Squire Sick Heart River Son Of The Manse

Book:The Great Shadow House: Essays on the Metaphysical Tradition in Scottish Fiction

Source: The Great Shadow House: Essays on the Metaphysical Tradition in Scottish Fiction

“Ahh! They're all just pins!”

Pins Stanley

Book:Going Postal

Source: Going Postal

“Don’t forget: Ruts aren’t that much different . . . from graves.”

Depression Unemployed Ruts

Book:For the (soon) unemployed: You Against Them

Source: For the (soon) unemployed: You Against Them

“You came up this gut-wrenching road yesterday by yourself?" Cassie exclaimed. "You deserve a good cuffing just for driving this goat path on your own." "It's not so bad once you get used to dodging the ruts." "You've got some nerve calling these canyons ruts." "Cassandra Hudson, where is your sense of adventure?" "I dropped it off going over that last rut-crossing when only two wheels were on the ground." "Those ones are a bit exhilarating, aren't they?" Alexandra shot Cassie a quick look and wink. "Keep your eyes on the road!" "What road?" "Exactly!”

Humorous Road Exhilarating Canyons Ruts Goat Larkspur

Book:Larkspur

Source: Larkspur

“Since we aim for a healthy life for all, we should teach young girls that their worth cannot be validated by dating older rich men, because that is risky for their health. Until we change certain perceptions in society, we will keep fighting the same battles.”

Health Quotes Healthy Life For All Change Certain Perceptions Fighting The Same Battles Older Rich Men Teach Young Girls

Author:Gift Gugu Mona

“I belong to this earth. So do you.”

Love Quotes Inner Peace Inner Strength Belonging Truth Quotes

Book:The Courage Circle: How to Live in Truth and Dare

Source: The Courage Circle: How to Live in Truth and Dare

“I know not how the Christians order their own lives, but I know that where their religion begins, Roman rule ends, Rome itself ends, our mode of life ends, the distinction between conquered and conqueror, between rich and poor, lord and slave, ends, government ends, Caesar ends, law and all the order of the world ends; and in place of these appears Christ, with a certain mercy not existent hitherto, and kindness, as opposed to human and our Roman instincts. (Quo Vadis)”

Christianity Ancient Rome Nero Persecuted Christians

Author:Henryk Stanczyk

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