Adnakilasnik Quotes & Sayings

Horrorshow is right, friend. A real show of horrors. — Anthony Burgess

Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above. — Edmund Waller

One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough. — Hafez

In one of the most brilliant papers in the English language Hume made it clear that what we speak of as 'causality' is nothing more than the phenomenon of repetition. When we mix sulphur with saltpeter and charcoal we always get gunpowder. This is true of every event subsumed by a causal law in other words, everything which can be called scientific knowledge. "It is custom which rules ," Hume said, and in that one sentence undermined both science and philosophy . — Philip K. Dick

It's too bad prayer comes bundled in a package of 'spiritual disciplines.' Really, we should see prayer as a spiritual privilege. We don't do it as a callisthenic exercise to gain points with God; we do it, because it is good for us in every way. — Philip Yancey

The funny thing is, though I write mysteries, it is the one genre in adult fiction I never read. I read Nancy Drew, of course, when I was a kid, but I think the real appeal is as a writer because I'm drawn to puzzly, complicated plots. — Elise Broach