#eli

It is the sincerest thing I have written, caught by the drama of a soul struggling in the contrary toils of love and religion - death brought them into harmony. ↗

— Laurence Housman

#caught #contrary #death #drama #harmony

I decided long ago never to walk in anyone's shadow; if I fail, or if I succeed at least I did as I believe. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#anyone #believe #decided #did #fail

When I decided to be a singer, my mother warned me I'd be alone a lot. Basically we all are. Loneliness comes with life. ↗

— Whitney Houston

#basically #comes #decided #i #life

I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible with the kind of religion that posits a Creator. To my way of thinking, an omnipotent being who sets up a universe in which thinking beings proliferate, grow old, and die (usually in agony, alone, and in fear) is a cosmic sadist. ↗

— Charles Stross

#cosmic-sadist #death #everything #life #religion

This is appalling. The idea that a person could be punished because of their religious belief and the idea they might be executed is just beyond belief. ↗

— John Howard

#because #belief #beyond #could #executed

It's beyond belief that any Australian could be so stupid as to carry drugs into any country in Asia. ↗

— John Howard

#asia #australian #belief #beyond #carry

But the idea of a man making his living by writing seemed, in that hardy environment, so fantastic that even today I am sometimes myself assailed by a feeling of unreality. ↗

— Robert E. Howard

#assailed #environment #even #fantastic #feeling

The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#comes #feeling #homesickness #man #occasionally

A man will do more for his stubbornness than for his religion or his country. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#his #man #more #religion #stubbornness

The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed, and can't get there, is the meanest feeling in the world. ↗

— E. W. Howe

#feeling #get #meanest #world #you