Deleta

“Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”
― Francis Bacon, The Essays

“The last best hope of life is that at some point during living it, all that you did wrong will suddenly teach you to do right.”
― Thomas H. Cook, The Last Talk with Lola Faye

“He looked at me intently, from what seemed behind the veil of a grave experience. Then slowly and prophetically, he said the scariest thing I'd ever heard: "Because the answer to a heartfelt question, Jack, will always break your heart.”
― Thomas H. Cook, Master of the Delta

“There is no exquisite beauty… without some strangeness in the proportion.”
― Francis Bacon