A true prophet would rather be believed false by many but actually true than believed true by many but actually false.

— Criss Jami

Beware: open-mindedness will often say, 'Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion.

— Criss Jami

Creativity abides no absolutes.

— Shannon Taylor Hodnett

(He) mourned mankind, and the blindness of men, who thought that the Cosmos had rules and limits that would shelter them from their own freedom. There were no shelters. There were no final purposes. Futility, and freedom, were Absolute

— Bruce Sterling

If beauty is relative, then any and everything when compared to the beauty of God is absolutely hideous.

— Criss Jami

In this treacherous world Nothing is the truth nor a lie. Everything depends on the color Of the crystal through which one sees it

— Pedro Calderón de la Barca

I think all of us are looking for that which does not admit of bullshit. . . If you tell me you can bench press 450, hell, we'll load up the bar and put you under it. Either you can do it or you can't do it—you can't bullshit. Ultimately, sports are just about as close to what one would call the truth as it is possible to get in this world.

— Harry Crews

It's partly true, too, but it isn't all true. People always think something's all true.

— J.D. Salinger

I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything simply because nobody stands for anything. That world has no convictions, no victories, no unions, no heroism, no absolutes, no heartbeat. That world has rigor mortis.

— Criss Jami

Never say never,” he said urgently, rolling back on top of her and using all of his unusually heavy mass to press her deep into the cocoon of her little girl bed. “The gods love to toy with people who use absolutes.

— Josephine Angelini