#perfectly

Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain! ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#ignorance #mystery #name #omniscient #perfectly

I sometimes read about authors who say they require a perfectly silent room maintained at precisely 68 degrees, with trash bags taped over the windows and a white-noise machine in the corner to write, and I think, 'Who are these people, and do any of them have kids?' ↗

— Jennifer Weiner

#any #authors #bags #corner #degrees

She didn’t need hope anymore because she knew the things you wanted weren’t necessarily the things that you needed. She knew that the things that were meant to be just happened. You couldn’t control them like she once thought. ↗

— Holly Hood

#love #perfectly-hopeless #life

You should not say it is not good. You should say you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe. ↗

— James Mcneill Whistler

#know #like #perfectly #safe #say

You shouldn't say it is not good. You should say, you do not like it; and then, you know, you're perfectly safe. ↗

— James Whistler

#know #like #perfectly #safe #say

When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#any #ask #because #breaking #christ

The web of life is a beautiful and meaningless dance. The web of life is a process with a moving goal. The web of life is a perfectly finished work of art right where I am sitting now. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#art #beautiful #dance #finished #finished work

You don't even have to hate to have a perfectly miserable time. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#hate #miserable #perfectly #time #you

My spine healed incorrectly. There were long periods when I'd be perfectly all right, and then there were many other times when I wasn't, when my back would give out and throw me down to the floor amid waves of nauseating pain. ↗

— Dick York

#back #down #floor #give #healed

It's a perfectly human instinct to want to be near water. ↗

— Stone Gossard

#instinct #near #perfectly #want #water