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“Quiet descended, a silence so consuming that even the drafty corridors ceased whistling. Bog wasn't certain where to look, so he solved the problem by plucking out his eyes and sticking them in a drawer.”
Source : A. Lee Martinez (2006). “Gil's All Fright Diner”, p.277, Macmillan
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“When something important is going on, silence is a lie.”
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“I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.”
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“It is often wonderful how putting down on paper a clear statement of a case helps one to see, not perhaps the way out, but the way in.”
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“I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.”
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“You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.”
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“I'm not an athiest. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.”
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“Just as modern motorways have no room for ox-carts or wandering pedestrians, so modern society has little place for lives and ways that are too eccentric.”
Source : "The Heart of Things".
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“Religion without philosophy is sentiment, or sometimes fanaticism, while philosophy without religion is mental speculation.”
Source : A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1976). “Bhagavad-Gita as it is: Abridged edition with translations and elaborate purports”
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“Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.”
