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“What if we fail to stop the erosion of cities by automobiles? ... In that case America will hardly need to ponder a mystery that has troubled men for millennia. What is the purpose of life? For us, the answer will be clear, established and for all practical purposes indisputable. The purpose of life is to produce and consume automobiles.”

Source: The Death and Life of Great American Cities

“Do you solemnly swear never to conceal a vital clue from the reader? Do you promise to observe seemly moderation in the use of gangs, conspiracies, Super Criminals and Lunatics and utterly and forever to forswear Mysterious Poisons unknown to science? Will you honor the King's English? ... If you fail to keep your promise, may other writers steal your plots and your pages swarm with misprints.”

Ifs May Use Novel Forever Failing Mystery Reader Kings Honor Promise Pages Criminals Stealing Mysterious Poison Plot Conspiracy Swear Moderation Clue Gang Swarms Mystery Novels

Author:Dorothy L. Sayers

“The human being of all times prays because he cannot fail to wonder about the meaning of his life, which remains obscure and discomforting of it is not put in relations to the mystery of God and if his plan for the world.”

Ifs World Humans Human Beings Wonder Plans Failing Mystery Praying Relation Remains All Time Obscure Mystery Of God

Book:A School of Prayer

Source: A School of Prayer

“People who look for symbolic meaning fail to grasp the inherent poetry and mystery of the images.”

People Looks Failing Mystery Inherent Symbolic Symbolic Meaning

Author:Rene Magritte

“I think that's the nature of representation. No matter what it will disappoint, it will fail in some way.But that's also part of the magic of art. If every picture met my expectation in exactly the right way, there'd be no mystery; there'd be no gap between what's in my head and the picture I make.”

Ifs Thinking Way Art Matter Failing Magic Mystery Mets Expectations No Matter What Gaps Representation Right Way Disappoint

Author:Gregory Crewdson