“I tell myself I write because I want to say something true and original about the nature of evil. That is very ambitious - to say something about the human condition that hasn't been written before. Probably I will never succeed but that is what I strive to do.” WantWritingHumansEvilWrittenConditionsSucceedOriginalsStriveHuman ConditionAmbitiousNature Of Evil Author:Jo Nesbo
“And the law of God is written in every heart, and it is there that he manifests himself; And in infinite love, according to our necessities, states, conditions. And as we are all various and different from one another, more or less, so the law by the immediate operation of divine grace in the soul, is suited to every individual according to his condition.” HeartDifferentSoulStatesLawIndividualGraceWrittenConditionsDivineInfiniteVariousOperationsDivine GraceInfinite Love Author:Elias Hicks
“Along with Islam and Christianity, Judaism does insist that some turgid and contradictory and sometimes evil and mad texts, obviously written by fairly unexceptional humans, are in fact the word of god. I think that the indispensable condition of any intellectual liberty is the realisation that there is no such thing.” ThinkingHumansDoeSometimesFactsEvilLibertyChristianityWrittenAtheismConditionsIntellectualMadIslamWord Of GodIndispensableJudaismContradictoryRealisation Book:Letters to a Young Contrarian Source: Letters to a Young Contrarian
“I have no courage to write much unless I am written to. I soon begin to think that there are plenty of other correspondents more interesting - so if you all want to hear from me you know the conditions.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantWritingInterestingWrittenConditionsLettersPlenty Book:The George Eliot Letters: 1836-1851 Source: The George Eliot Letters: 1836-1851
“We have this desire for everything to be explained to us. But if you go through your daily actions, very little ends up having a written-down explanation for why things happen, or why people do specific things. So it made sense to me to reflect the human condition that not every action has an explanation. We act, and then later maybe come to an understanding about it, or maybe not.” PeopleIfsHumansLittlesMadeEndsHappensActionDesireUnderstandingWrittenConditionsThings HappenExplanationHuman ConditionWhy Things Happen Author:Alice Sebold
“My '60s plays were as good as most of the other plays I've written ... except I wasn't in a condition to refine them, to help in the rehearsal, or do anything. I was hardly conscious of what was going on except during the hours of the day when I was actually writing ... and that was with the aid of speed.” WritingPlayHelpingHoursWrittenConditionsConsciousSpeedAidsRehearsal Author:Tennessee Williams
“I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.” MenEnjoyRightsWrittenLandConditionsImmigrantsPalestinianExileDeprivedLegal Rights Author:Tahar Ben Jelloun