He had discovered that there was not just one God but many, and some were more than cruel — they were insane, and that changed all. Cruelty, after all, was understandable. With insanity, however, there was no arguing.
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JACKIE BERRY It was strange, in a way, because there were no ideas involved in the laser that weren't already... CHARLES H. TOWNES It was kind of frightening. They were hitting rocket after rocket after rocket. Their swagger had ch... DICKIE NOLES Whatever the reason -- whether Hitler thought he might get away with what he had got without fightin... NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN At the time it was making all these crazy short bits of entertainment, the things that ran between v... CHRISTINA NORMAN There was simply no peace to be had no matter where you hid yourself away. Even in a northern border... THOMAS LIGOTTI There were some signs that alcohol was involved. No one was wearing a seat belt. COMMANDER LEE VANCE There were so many different versions of him. It was countless versions of a song, and they were all... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Because Jerone thought that we were going to go in with masks. And then Troy was like, nope, leave n... BRANDON GRAHAM After some time he felt for his pipe. 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COREY SIMON Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had ut... BIBLE There was a man and he had eight sons. Apart from that, he was nothing more than a comma on the page... TERRY PRATCHETT It was just everyday living. With me, it was fighting, more fighting, and more fighting. Life then w... JAMES CAGNEY When we did not move or speak, there was no proof that we were there at all. MARILYNNE ROBINSON There was a repeated pattern of not admitting the true extent of what problems were, and only then d... EDWARD LINCOLN That was a tough one. But there are no excuses. We had chances and they had chances, but they just c... CAM WARD No one knew what Rodney King had done beforehand to be stopped. No one realized that he was a parole... DARYL GATES The tears were there, waiting to make their escape. But she wouldn’t let them. Not this time. She ... ELAINE WHITE But surely Uncle Akbar could not be dead as they were dead? There must be something indestructible �... M.M. KAYE There was some injury to her colon and because she's a diabetic, they were very cautious with her in... KIRT WEBSTER There was James Burton, one of the greatest guitar players around, who played for Elvis years and ye... BOBBY HATFIELD They were larger than life all the time. That was no act. ANGIE DICKINSON We were all finally pleased that one of the liars was exposed. But how many more liars do we have to... CINDY SHEEHAN The words kept coming and he could not stop them, not while Callie was standing there so indeciphera... ANNE URSU There was some wariness. They were telling us we had a job but not a plane. How does that work? Then... DENNIS MILLS I looked below and saw my people there, and all were well and happy except one, and he was lying lik... BLACK ELK I'm not going to lie, I was nervous, ... I knew he was open, and I just choked. That's all there is ... STEFAN LEFORS Shall I tell you a story? A new and terrible one? 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JANET EVANOVICH He had a honey hole there where he was catching some nice fish. He didn't catch a lot, but his fish ... JIMMY WALKER There were no words exchanged, ... I had an injury with three of my toenails, he implied that I was ... GUILLERMO CORIA Fat realized that one of two possibilities existed and only two; either Dr. Stone was totally insane... PHILIP K. DICK He tangibly had nothing, and he was up there thanking God for all that he had. There wasn't a dry ey... CAROL MOORE He knew that there was no quick comfort for emotions like those. They were deeper and they did not n... LOIS LOWRY I thought The Shining was just absolutely wonderful. Stephen King reaches all kinds of people. In th... ANNE RICE As he rose to his feet he noticed that he was neither dripping nor panting for breath as anyone woul... C.S. LEWIS My problem was that I was blond. There were no heroes with blond hair. Robert Taylor and Henry Fonda... MICHAEL CAINE The issue we had with Katrina was that it was a multi-state disaster. The phone lines everywhere wer... LEAH STOKES No, what he didn't like about heroes was that they were usually suicidally gloomy when sober and hom... TERRY PRATCHETT If anything good came out of 9/11, to me, was that people were so cynical about the world - all you ... ALAN JACKSON I thought [Friday's semifinal] was the big one for us. After winning that, there was no pressure on ... JEFF PAFUNDA No one except Hollywood stars and very rich Texans wore Indian jewelry. And there was a plethora of ... RUSSELL MEANS That was just pure focus and stress and all that, man, ... I almost went insane in the car there, ju... CARL EDWARDS First semester there were some difficulties, of course, but all transfer students have that adjustme... SARAH NIE Actually there were many officers' clubs that Yossarian had not helped build, but he was proudest of... JOSEPH HELLER The world has changed utterly. There was a time when you couldn't marry a Protestant. There was ... ENDA KENNY And then split his own cranium in half. I would like to see you do that yourself Blore. It would tak... LOMBARD PHILIP LOMBARD We had signs that directed lab and radiology patients to that waiting area, but there was no sign th... CONNIE SCHROEDER There was nothing really serious and there were no injuries. There are a few buildings with cracks. ... BALA NAIDOO One of the first speaking roles I had was in a film called 'Svengali', with Peter O'Tool... TOBIN BELL Dr. King is upset that he was not given fair consideration with the others, including many who were ... AVRUM LEVICOFF Well, Rhoda was, I think, the last actress that we saw. There had been so many wonderful actresses w... MARY TYLER MOORE Then two wonders happened at the same moment. One was that the voice was suddenly joined by other vo... C.S. LEWIS This book is about inspiration. It's about hope. It's about dealing with failure. 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He hoped she might make some amends for the many very plain faces he was continually passing in the ... JANE AUSTEN Before that there was no apple crisp market. Some firms had tried to break into it but they foundere... FINLAY LOCKIE They were all talking about this amongst themselves - but it was not something that they shared with... WILL LEITCH
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