James K. Morrow Quotes

(On Stoicism) "As A Matter Of Fact, The Experiment Has Already Started. Yesterday At Lunch I Had A Smaller Piece Of Pecan Pie Than Usual, And I Passed Up The Scoop Of Vanilla Ice Cream Entirely. It's Like I Said In My Essay. 'Just As Nature Abhors A Vacuum, A Stoic Abhors Satiety.' What's More, As You May Have Noticed, I've Stopped Smoking."
"But Not Swearing."
"I'm Working On It."
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"The Stoics Believed That In Bearing Pain Without Complain, A Mortal Might Transcend The Mundane World And Enter The Eternal Matrix Of Divine Thought.

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