#terri

Israel of the coastal plain, where eight out of ten Israeli Jews live far removed from the occupied territories, from the fiery Jerusalem, from the religious and nationalistic conflicts, is unknown to the outside world, almost unknown to itself. ↗

— Amos Oz

#coastal #conflicts #eight #far #fiery

It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash. ↗

— Fred Woodworth

#civilians #combat #get #healthy #healthy way

I've heard it said that God is in the details. It's the same with the truth. Leave out the details, the crucial heart, and you can damn someone with the bare bones of it. ↗

— Libba Bray

#details #gemma-doyle #libba-bray #truth #beauty

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#fight #groups #images #make #natural

Publicity can be terrible. But only if you don't have any. ↗

— Jane Russell

#only #publicity #terrible #you

No one inspired me to write, but writer Harlan Ellison terrified me into getting published. ↗

— Dan Simmons

#getting #inspired #into #me #published

The pure air and dazzling snow belong to things beyond the reach of all personal feeling, almost beyond the reach of life. Yet such things are a part of our life, neither the least noble nor the most terrible. ↗

— Frederick Soddy

#almost #belong #beyond #dazzling #feeling

I shall now proceed to my own experience, which hath truly convinced me, the Lord is awakened as one out of sleep; and the voice of the Lord will shake terribly the earth. ↗

— Joanna Southcott

#convinced #earth #experience #hath #i

All sensible Army people turned gas warfare down as being utterly insane since, in view of your superiority in the air, it would not be long before it would bring the most terrible catastrophe upon German cities, which were completely unprotected. ↗

— Albert Speer

#army #before #being #bring #catastrophe

Tomorrow you might get a phone call about something wonderful and you might get a phone call about something terrible. ↗

— Regina Spektor

#call #get #might #phone #phone call