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I survived this torture which left me paralyzed for years. That's what that night was all about, mutilation, more than violence through sex. I really do feel as though I was psychologically mutilated that night and now I'm trying to put the pieces back together again. Through love, not hatred. And through my music. My strength has been to open again, to life, and my victory is the fact that, despite it all, I kept alive my vulnerability. — Tori Amos

For, to my mind, this is a certain principle, that nothing is here treated of but the visible form of the world. He who would learn astronomy, and other recondite arts, let him go elsewhere.
(on commenting the text of Genesis 1:6) — John Calvin

This is the way the mind functions: its whole interest is in that which you have not got. — Rajneesh

Dig, gentlemen, dig, but not deeper than six inches, for there is more gold in the first six inches than there is lower down'. — Graeme Lofts

Where are you? In the past or in the future? It doesn't matter because if you are not in today you are in the wrong place! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Books remember all the things you cannot contain. — Elizabeth McCracken

I didn't want to be 50 or 60 and auditioning for a three-line role. — Grant Heslov

What religion is he of?
Why, he is an Anythingarian. — Jonathan Swift

Muslims in the West and those in other intellectually free societies will be in a position to contribute to Islamic thought more so than those who are based in repressive environments where censorship and restriction on freedom still dominate thinking. The future development of Islamic thought may depend to a certain extent on the degree of intellectual freedom in Muslim societies. — Abdullah Saeed

Some consider the puzzles that are created by their omissions as spicy challenges, without which their texts would be boring; others shun clarity lest their work is considered trivial. — Edsger Dijkstra

It's not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It's whether or not our work fulfills us. Being a teacher is meaningful. — Malcolm Gladwell

And if your master truly loved you, he would tell you that. In order to escape the bounds of earthly experience, you bind yourself to a master. Bound is bound. If your master really loved you, he would not demand your devotion. He would set you free
from himself, first of all. — Tom Robbins

When wood and fire combine within the hearth, they provide us with a wonderful experience of warmth. And when purpose and presence combine within our heart, they provide us with a wonderful experience of privilege. — Russ Harris