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If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
Nothing’s different, but everything has changed.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
Wisdom never comes to those who believe they have nothing left to learn.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
The real problem is, people think life is a ladder, and it’s really a wheel.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
By enlarging your knowledge of things, you will find your knowledge of self is enlarged.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
That dichotomy between who she was and who she thought she should be was what really killed her.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
When you’re invisible, no one can see that you’re different.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
Life’s like art. You have to work hard to keep it simple and still have meaning.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
You’re not a nun, are you? You haven’t taken one of those absurd vows that cut you off from what otherwise might be a full and healthy human existence?
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
Only fools think they’re wise; the rest of us just muddle through as we can.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what’s real and what’s not and most of us have been going along with it ever since.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
I had the same questions for Superman as I did for God: If he was so powerful, why didn’t he deal with some real problems?
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
The best artists know what to leave out. They know how much of the support should show through as the pigment is applied, what details aren’t necessary.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
Our time’s the most precious thing we’ve got to offer folks, and the worst thing a body can do is to take it away from us.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
You can talk all you want about consensual reality, Jilly, but that doesn’t change the fact that some things are real and some things aren’t. There’s a line drawn between the two that separates reality from fantasy.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
What I’ve got to talk about, I don’t think a priest wants to hear. What does a priest know or care about secular concerns? All they want to talk about is God. All they want to hear is a tidy list of sins so that they can prescribe their penances and get on to the next customer.
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)
“Compromise is necessary,” Max agreed, “so long as you never give up who you are. That isn’t compromise; that’s spiritual death. You have to remain true to yourself.”
The Ivory and the Horn (1995)