Nothing on this planet is permanent, and this is why I…

Evil is not a thing. It cannot take possession of you. It's the opposite; it's a void, an absence of goodness. The only thing…

— Jo Nesbø

“You chased my muse away.” My tone was low, lazy, and sort of psychotic. Even to my own ears. “And?” She didn’t bother turning…

— L.J. Shen

An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most…

— Felix Adler

God never gives dominion to any creature which has not received his image. His image is love. Other things belong to God; but God…

— George Matheson

Perhaps we have failed as human beings. Perhaps we have embarrassed ourselves to the natural world. We have been rigorous and willful in all…

— Sufjan Stevens

Must whales and dolphins be subjected to deafening noise that will cause more than 3.5 million instances of temporary and/or permanent hearing loss? For…

— Pierce Brosnan

When have handouts ever worked? In the United States, we learned that welfare for our own citizens not only turned into a debilitating crutch,…

— Linda Chavez

As a social and as a personal force, religion has become a dependent variable. It does not originate; it reacts. It does not denounce;…

— C. Wright Mills

We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There…

— Abraham Lincoln

Nothing is permanent," Magnus said. "I know this from experience. But you can get new things. You can meet new people. You can go…

— Cassandra Clare

The "health, education, and welfare" section of government is another boondoggle. First we manufacture indigent and superfluous people by legal monopolies in land, money…

— Laurance Labadie

No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.

— William Jennings Bryan

To divide one's life by years is of course to tumble into a trap set by our own arithmetic. The calendar consents to carry…

— Clifton Fadiman

Human beings seek community, and permanent openness is hard to sustain.

— Ross Douthat

With multiplayer, permanent death, and an ever-changing world to explore and conquer, 'A Valley Without Wind' might be the place you're looking for if…

— Rob Manuel