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“The light was so dim that Jaime could scarcely see her, though they stood a scant few feet apart. 'In this light she could almost be a beauty', he thought. 'In this light she could almost be a knight'.”
― George R. R. Martin

“La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas."

("The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.")”
― Charles Baudelaire, Paris Spleen

“A strange, pale figure emerged—Pendergast?—and she felt herself suddenly in his arms, lifted bodily as if she were a child again, her head cradled against his chest. She felt his shoulders began to convulse, faintly, regularly, almost as if he was weeping. But that was, of course, impossible, as Pendergast would never cry.”
― Douglas Preston, White Fire

“Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favor of free speech.”
― Noam Chomsky

“For a cup brimful of sweet water cannot spill even one drop of bitter water, however suddenly jolted.”
― Amy Carmichael, If

“Some time ago, the concept of the “carnal Christian” became popular among some evangelical groups. The basic idea was that someone could be saved, and yet living no differently than an unbeliever day after day. In their lives there would be no hunger and thirst for righteousness, no patterns of obedience, little or no prayer or Bible reading, spotty church attendance, coupled with a love for the world, and a worldly mindset hostile to the Christian faith. Yet, because these people had “prayed the sinner’s prayer” or gone forward at a Billy Graham rally, or “asked Jesus into their hearts” at a youth camp, they were supposedly Christians. This shallow idea of conversion was coupled with the biblical concept of “once saved, always saved,” and a poisonous concoction resulted. Once that concoction was downed, the person became seriously ill with spiritual self-deception. The end of that road is hell. If anything gives you complacent comfort in a sinful lifestyle, it is a devilish component of the problem.”
― Andrew M. Davis, An Infinite Journey: Growing toward Christlikeness

“Just because magic is rare does not make it unreal,”
― Charlie N. Holmberg, Keeper of Enchanted Rooms

“If your dad was regularly corresponding with the Mescaline Antichrist of Pasadena, Leave It to Beaver probably seemed like a bastion of middle-class sanity.”
― T. Kingfisher, A House With Good Bones

“Honestly, there just aren’t that many good reasons for the average homeowner to keep jars of human teeth lying around.”
― T. Kingfisher, A House With Good Bones

“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.”
― Stephen Graham Jones, Don't Fear the Reaper

“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”—Charles Baudelaire
“The second greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he is the good guy”—Ken Ammi”
― Charles Baudelaire

“If I owned a gun,” Benny said, “I’d go with you.” “If you owned a gun,” Bob replied, “I’d take it away from you.”
― Dean Koontz, The Bad Weather Friend

“Niceness plus free will minus wisdom equals sudden and horrific death.”
― Dean Koontz, The Bad Weather Friend