“The profound originality of a divine-human pact in which both parties complain endlessly about each other has too rarely been acknowledged as such.”
― Jack Miles, quote from God: A Biography
“Lord can restore a covenant with Israel and yet continue”
― Jack Miles, quote from God: A Biography
Jack Miles
Born place: Chicago, Illinois, The United States
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“Childhood was the germ of all mistrust. You were cruelly joked upon and then you cruelly joked. You lost the remembrance of pain through inflicting it.”
― Graham Greene, quote from Our Man in Havana
“Why are you all like this?” Evans suddenly became furious. “Why does one have to save people to be considered a hero? Why is saving other species considered insignificant? Who gave humans such high honors? No, humans do not need saving. They’re already living much better than they deserve.”
― Liu Cixin, quote from The Three-Body Problem
“When you read about chemistry and physics, you want to do them too.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Have Space Suit—Will Travel
“Suicide is an act of man and not of the animal.”
― Primo Levi, quote from The Drowned and the Saved
“I cross two fingers, a binary precaution against hex, effective as superconductor or simple superstition.”
― Neil Gaiman, quote from Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
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The Witch of Portobe...BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.
We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.
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