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The modern Agnostic improves upon the ancient by adding "I don't care" to "I don't know.


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To one who waits, all things reveal themselves so long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what you have seen in the light.

To one who waits, all things reveal themselves so long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what you have seen in the light.



A saint is a person who does almost everything any other decent person does, only somewhat better and with a totally different motive.

A saint is a person who does almost everything any other decent person does, only somewhat better and with a totally different motive.



One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years.

One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years.



Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!

Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!



Great is his faith who dares believe his own eyes.

Great is his faith who dares believe his own eyes.



It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.

It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.



A woman is a foreign land.

A woman is a foreign land.



The sunshine dreaming upon Salmon's heightIs not so sweet and whiteAs the most heretofore sin-spotted SoulThat darts to its delightStraight from the absolution of a faithful fight.

The sunshine dreaming upon Salmon's heightIs not so sweet and whiteAs the most heretofore sin-spotted SoulThat darts to its delightStraight from the absolution of a faithful fight.



Ask abundantly, for the measure of your asking shall be that of your receiving.

Ask abundantly, for the measure of your asking shall be that of your receiving.



The promises of God are samples of what is promised; as a handful of wheat is of the barn.

The promises of God are samples of what is promised; as a handful of wheat is of the barn.





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Swiftly the brain becomes an enchanted loom, where millions of flashing shuttles weave a dissolving pattern-always a meaningful pattern-though never an abiding one.



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Wow. Ted Cruz falsely suggested Marco Rubio mocked the bible and was just forced to fire his communications director. More dirty tricks.



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The dark grave, which knows all secrets, can alone reclaim the fatal doubt once cast on a woman's name.



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Rain never understands why people hide under their umbrellas! Let us make a surprise to the rain by closing our umbrellas!



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Movement is a fantastic privilege but it ultimately only has meaning if you have a home to go back to.



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Above, the stars shone hard and bright, sparks struck off the dark skin of the universe.



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My favorite musical? I don't. It changes all the time. I'm just a diehard, I'm totally old school, like I'll sit and watch, if they are re-doing Oklahoma in New York, I will be the first one there.



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What you have to do as a writer is . . . write day in and day out no matter what happens.




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