““Thank you very much, sir,” said Beth with nothing resembling actual gratitude.”
Scott Lynch book The Republic of Thieves
Prologue “The Minder” section 5 (p. 10)
The Republic of Thieves (2013)
Source: Love in the Time of Cholera
““Thank you very much, sir,” said Beth with nothing resembling actual gratitude.”
Scott Lynch book The Republic of Thieves
Prologue “The Minder” section 5 (p. 10)
The Republic of Thieves (2013)
Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature
Discussion (1932)
Context: It is venturesome to think that a coordination of words (philosophies are nothing more than that) can resemble the universe very much. It is also venturesome to think that of all these illustrious coordinations, one of them — at least in an infinitesimal way — does not resemble the universe a bit more than the others.
Novalis (1772–1801) German poet and writer
“Miscellaneous Observations,” Philosophical Writings, M. Stolijar, trans. (Albany: 1997) #48
“There is nothing that dulls a personality so much as a negative outlook.”
Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008) President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Whosoever Will Save His Life, Tambuli, Feb 1983, 1.
Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
Biharul Anwar, Volume 82, Page 202
Shi'ite Hadith
Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
Sunni Hadith
Context: It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) said: One who died but did not fight in the way of Allah nor did he express any desire (or determination) for Jihad died the death of a hypocrite.
“If no one knows when a person is going to die, how can we say he died prematurely?”
George Carlin When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?
Source: When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?