“Man is an angry, savage being. Sometimes faith becomes an excuse for battle. It is no real faith then. In justifying their positions in the name of God, men silence God.”
― C.J. Sansom, quote from Dark Fire
“... there is nothing under the moon, however fine, that is not subject to corruption.”
― C.J. Sansom, quote from Dark Fire
“her whole being dominated by her hatred of the savage God before whom she meant to martyr herself.”
― C.J. Sansom, quote from Dark Fire
“it made me think of all the generations who had lived in this City, dashing and scurrying through their lives, some to leave great monuments and dynasties of children, others rushing only to oblivion.”
― C.J. Sansom, quote from Dark Fire
“justifying their positions in the name of God, men silence God.”
― C.J. Sansom, quote from Dark Fire
C.J. Sansom
Born place: in The United Kingdom
Born date January 1, 1952
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“Being helpless is one of the things that isn’t altogether amusing." - Gilbert”
― Isaac Asimov, quote from The Stars, Like Dust
“Eleven is important as the first number that allows us to begin to comprehend the measure of a circle. This is because, for practical purposes, a circle measuring seven across will measure eleven halfway around.”
― quote from Quadrivium: The Four Classical Liberal Arts of Number, Geometry, Music, & Cosmology
“You can be the hunter, or you can be the hunted.”
― Lisa Gardner, quote from The Neighbor
“But this girl—She reminded me of what it was like to believe in something. Her hope was naïve, but it was real, and I hadn’t felt something real in years. Nothing positive anyways. (Eric)”
― Shannon A. Thompson, quote from Minutes Before Sunset
“He might make it, even if all I really did was hit him in the head with an axe.”
― quote from MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors
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