“We're going to be surprised when we discover that things in Heaven are normal and natural, much like this life. Of course, it will be better, much more beautiful and supernatural, without all the troubles, trials, tribulations, suffering, tears and pain we have here. However, it will still be enough like this life that we will survive the change and not suffer some sort of traumatic culture shock. It'll be life very much like we're living now, only without the bad and evil.” StillsEnoughPainBeautifulSufferingCultureCoursesEvilHeavenNaturalTroubleTearsNormalTrialsThis LifeShockHeavenlyTribulationCulture Shock Author:David Berg
“Natalie Lyalin is writing some of the best poems in the world. There is an evil in her gorgeous poem-hearts. She must have sold her heart to the devil to write like this—so beautiful, so funny and so strange. Her images stack and stack down the page without spilling, each line such a bombshell you'll start reading backward to the first line. These poems are like babies—they will pop out of trees.” WorldWritingFirstsHeartBeautifulEvilReadingLinesTreeStrangeBabyPagesDevilPopsGorgeousSpillingBombshellsBest Poem Author:Zachary Schomburg
“Thus we see, too, in the world that some persons assimilate only what is ugly and evil from the same moral circumstances which supply good and beautiful results--the fragrance of celestial flowers--to the daily life of others.” WorldPersonsBeautifulEvilResultsMoralFlowerCircumstancesUglyDaily LifeFragranceCelestialLives Of Others Book:Mosses from an Old Manse Source: Mosses from an Old Manse
“Quite the ugliest face I ever saw was that of a woman whom the world called beautiful. Through its silver veil the evil and ungentle passions looked out, hideous and hateful. On the other hand, there are faces which the multitude, at first glance, pronounce homely, unattractive and such as "Nature fashions by the gross," which I always recognize with a warm heart-thrill. Not for the world would I have one feature changed; they please me as they are; they are hallowed by kind memories, and are beautiful through their associations.” WorldFirstsHeartKindHandsBeautifulFacesPassionEvilMemoriesSawsFashionChangedPleaseWarmFeaturesSilverAssociationMultitudesThrillGlancesVeilsGrossHatefulHideousUnattractiveHomelyPlease MeWarm Heart Author:John Greenleaf Whittier
“I'm over smoking. You know, I feel like I've gone on long hikes and gotten to the top of the mountain and I'm looking at something beautiful, some great huge landscape, and there's some of the cleanest air that's on the planet. And then I light up, and say, "Ahh, what a great smoking moment this is!" So it's something evil that's taken over, and I want control over it.” KnowsWantFeelsLongMomentsLightBeautifulEvilGoneTakenAirPlanetsHugeMountainLandscapeSmokingOver ItLight UpSomething Beautiful Author:Eddie Vedder
“The existence of very pious feelings, in conjunction with intolerance, cruelty, and selfish policy, has never ceased to surprise and perplex those who have viewed it calmly from a distance. ... It is impossible to exaggerate the evil work theology has done in the world. What destruction of the beautiful monuments of past ages, what waste of life, what disturbance of domestic and social happiness, what perverted feelings, what blighted hearts, have always marked its baneful progress!” WorldHeartDoneFeelingsAgePastBeautifulEvilSocialExistenceProgressImpossiblePolicyWasteDestructionDistanceSurpriseSelfishTheologyCrueltyHypocrisyIntoleranceMonumentPiousDisturbanceConjunctionsWaste Of Life Author:Lydia M. Child
“The Ploughmen is part inspired fever-dream, part adventure story, a lyric parable of not just goodand evil but of the vast and beautiful and often lonely country in-between. Kim Zupan is a wonder.” CountryStoriesDreamBeautifulEvilWonderAdventureLonelyInspiredFeverKimParables Author:Rick Bass