“because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
Source: Veronika Decides to Die
Remarks at the Dedication of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library at Hyde Park, New York, United States of America (June 30, 1941). Archived https://web.archive.org/web/20120531110501/http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/php63041.html from the original http://docs.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/php63041.html on January 30, 2021. <br class="br">1940s
“because it seemed too simple to accept that life was an act of faith.”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
Source: Veronika Decides to Die
Madeleine K. Albright (1937–2022) Former U.S. Secretary of State
On her upbringing, Madam Secretary (2003), p. 512
2000s
Source: Madam Secretary: A Memoir
“Nagiko, I am waiting for you. Meet me at the library. Any library. Every library. Yours, Jerome.”
Peter Greenaway (1942) British film director
Jerome's suicide note
The Pillow Book
Aphra Behn (1640–1689) British playwright, poet, translator and fiction writer
The Lucky Mistake (1689).
Source: The Lucky Chance, Or, the Alderman's Bargain
“Faith isn't an act of intelligence, it's an act of imagination.”
Christopher Moore book Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Source: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal