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“Agnosticism is compatible with faith. We either believe or not, irrespective of our ability to find the truth. Faith, developed or established based on the nominal religion, is not proof of our ability to prove God’s existence and is not proof of our implied agnosticism. Genuine faith is based on the belief in God regardless of the lack of evidence, religion, or agnosticism that may exist in a believer.”

“Where is any author in the world Teaches such beauty as a woman's eye? — Love's Labor Lost. The eyes appears to be more immediately connected with the soul than any other organ. A woman reflects every emotion, almost every thought from her two wonderful, priceless eyes, and no feature of her face is more a telltale of her nature. "Show me," says the old Chinese proverb, "a man's eyes, and I will tell you what he might have been. Show me his mouth, and I will tell you what he has been." The same is true of women. Up to thirty or thirty-five a woman may be actress enough to make her eyes tell one tale, while her life would reveal another; but little by little the true state of a woman's soul stands forth in the expression, the frankness, the furtiveness, the candor, or the boldness”

“Il n'est plus question de pays ni de terre. Pas d'archétype non plus. Rien qui soit rattaché à quelque région, ville, place, maison. Dans les yeux de l'Américain, j'ai compris cela : le seul endroit sur Terre dont je peux revendiquer l'appartenance est le périmètre de ma peau. C'est là seul, le vrai lieu qui est mien. Et le désir qui le hante, l'appétit, la souveraine pulsion de vie, me rappellent à chaque instant ses contours, ses reliefs, sa présence. ~ p 140”