Godless Novel Quotes & Sayings

Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another. — Anatole France

[Lev Beniov:] The imminence of death did not frighten me as much as it should have. I had been too afraid for too long; I was too exhausted, too hungry, too feel anything with proper intensity. But if my fear had diminished, it was not because my courage had increased. My body was so weak, so spent, that my legs trembled from the effort of standing upright. I could summon no great concern for anything, including the fate of Lev Beniov. — David Benioff

Even if we have known Christ in a purely human way, yet now we no longer know Him like that. 2 Corinthians 5:16 — Beth Moore

There is no growth except in the fulfillment of obligations — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The lively and mercurial are as open books, with the leaves turned down at the notable passages. Their souls sit at the windows of their eyes, seeing and to be seen. — Christian Nestell Bovee

A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds. — Henry Moore

Turning hurriedly away from the dead longpaw, — Erin Hunter

The hippies wanted peace and love. We wanted Ferraris, blondes and switchblades. — Alice Cooper

The only reward for love is the experience of loving. — John Le Carre

Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability. — Marissa Mayer

Voting the names of the dead, and the nonexistent, and the too-mentally-impaired to function, cancels out the votes of citizens who are exercising their rights - that's suppression by any light. — Artur Davis

The first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a burst of light so warm and red it could have been the sun or someone's beating heart. I stared up at it, waiting for the room to come clear. — Brenna Yovanoff

Well, when Kathy Kennedy, who is the president of Lucasfilm, came to me to ask if I'd be interested in working on this "Star Wars" movie, we talked about a young woman at the center of the story from the outset. And it was something that was always an important part of this movie. — J.J. Abrams

You don't have to be equal, you don't have to be better, you don't have to be worse. You can just be at peace. — Gil Fronsdal

If the proper audience for poetry is God, then the proper audience for the novel is people. Plays have both stories and poetry. Therefore the proper audience for plays is: people and God. But: what is the audience for poetry in a godless universe? The audience for poetry in a godless universe is the academy. Or perhaps: other poets and therefore God? And what is the proper audience for plays in a godless universe? Is there no proper audience for plays in a godless universe? Must we invent our own gods? — Sarah Ruhl

If she'd known she was going to die at his hands, she would have dressed up. — Holly Black