Gunaydin Cumartesi Quotes

#1. He could see her planting violets on his grave, a solitary figure in a grey cloak. What a ghastly tragedy. A lump came to his throat. He became quite emotional thinking of his own death. He would have to write a poem about this.
from a Difference in Temperament

Daphne Du Maurier

#2. Hinduism, the predominant religion (in India), believes in the existence of multiple gods, many of whom are androgynous (having both female and male characteristics). Many Hindu sects are devoted to the worship of specific deities, such as Rama, Vishnu, and Shiva.

James Peoples

#3. There was the faintest of sounds, as of a gnat yawning.

Terry Pratchett

#4. For it appears, that all that is ever spoken of in the Scripture as an ultimate end of God's works, is included in that one phrase, the glory of God; which

John Piper

#5. Winter came and the city [Chicago] turned monochrome
black trees against gray sky above white earth. Night now fell in midafternoon, especially when the snowstorms rolled in, boundless prairie storms that set the sky close to the ground, the city lights reflected against the clouds

Barack Obama

#6. It is clearly true that the reflex of disparagement is no more compatible with rigorous inquiry than the impulse to glorify.

Marilynne Robinson