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“Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for the scarcity of first editions of Alice in Wonderland and other favorites of the nursery.”
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“Every civilization depends upon the quality of the individuals it produces.”
Source : Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.312, Penguin
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“We have a lifetime of wearing makeup, so while it's fun for girls to play, I think it's better that we wait until we're older to wear makeup!”
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“Before one can correctly understand the work of the Holy Spirit, he must first of all know the Spirit himself. A frequent source of error and fanaticism about the work of the Holy Spirit is the attempt to study and understand His work without, first of all, coming to know Him as a person.”
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“One of the the things she most liked about the city -apart from all its obvious attractions, the theatre, the galleries, the exhilarating walks by the river- was that so few people ever asked you personal questions.”
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“For, in life, it is in the darkest zones one finds the brightest beauty and the most luminous wisdom.”
Source : Adam Gidwitz (2010). “A Tale Dark and Grimm”, p.9, Penguin
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“Let's stick to the practical and the concrete: Would you like it if people lived in a virtual world? If machines were smarter than people? If, in the future, people, animals and plants were products of technology? If you don't like these ideas, then for you the computer and biological sciences clearly are dangerous.”
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“We have to pray with our eyes on God, not on the difficulties.”
Source : Oswald Chambers (2010). “Prayer: A Holy Occupation”, p.36, Discovery House
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“Sooner or later the Narrative will come for each of us.”
Source : John Scalzi (2012). “Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas”, p.136, Macmillan
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“Taking a sip of the hot chocolate he'd made her, she met his gaze, those eerie eyes of endless black impenetrable, unreadable. "Max?" "Yes?" "Will you remember me?" His heart broke into a thousand pieces. "Always.”
