#cons

Even the most dismal and hopeless-sounding Wilco music, to my ears, has always maintained a level of hope and consolation. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

#consolation #dismal #ears #even #hope

I consciously try to end my novels at a point where I won't have to wonder about my characters ever again. ↗

— Anne Tyler

#again #characters #consciously #end #ever

I can never consent to being dictated to. ↗

— John Tyler

#consent #dictated #i #i can #never

To see how Christ was prophesied and described therein, consider and mark, how that the kid or lamb must be with out spot or blemish; and so was Christ only of all mankind, in the sight of God and of his law. ↗

— William Tyndale

#christ #consider #described #god #his

In my relations with my father, which are difficult and where I'm often met by coolness and indifference, I am constantly tempted to be cold and indifferent. Yet I know that this is a test if I could take it rightly. ↗

— Evelyn Underhill

#cold #constantly #coolness #could #difficult

I spent most of the '60s, when I was starting to try to write novels, living and working in Greece and Turkey. These are countries where the ancient past is interfused with the daily present, and I remember being struck with wonder at the constant sense of continuity and connection, the reminders that lie in wait for you at every turn. ↗

— Barry Unsworth

#being #connection #constant #continuity #countries

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went. ↗

— John Updike

#american life #consists #driving #hell #home

To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven. ↗

— Charles V

#conscience #endeavor #heaven #invade #over

Work to survive, survive by consuming, survive to consume: the hellish cycle is complete. ↗

— Raoul Vaneigem

#consume #consuming #cycle #hellish #survive

In certain ways it is incredibly damaging considering the stuff I did before certainly wasn't for kids. ↗