Quotes of: Simple-reason Keyword

All religions are good 'in principle' - but unfortunately this abstract Good has only rarely prevented their practitioners from behaving like bastards.

Farewell to Reason

...it was inevitable I loved you - we were soul mates - for the same reason, we were fated to suffer...

A Familiar Rain

I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.

The Fire Next Time

The real reason we have faces," Margot Lassiter observes, "is to hold back what we're thinking from the world.

The Face Thief

When reason has followed its road to the end, the point of crisis is reached and man is brought to the great question mark over his own existence.

Faith and Understanding

It has occurred to me more than once that holy boredom is good and sufficient reason for the invention of free will.

God Emperor of Dune

I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

Great Expectations

The Spirit is the reason we can build a church and have confidence that we will get it at least a little bit right.

Girl Meets God

If for some reason we get separated, I want you to wait for me. I’ll find you, I promise. - Gabriel Emerson

Gabriel's Inferno

I don't see any reason to let law interfere with justice around here. We never did before.

By the Great Horn Spoon!

These three ladies disliked and distrusted one another as heartily as the First Triumvirate of Rome, and their close alliance was probably for the same reason.

Gone with the Wind

I already see what kind of man he is, this Valentin. The sort who will adduce an array of liberal reasons for voting for a conservative.

Herr F

Seriously, what is the purpose? Maybe I’d feel better about walking around speaking fluent jive if I knew there was a reason for it.

Alice in Wonderland

When you find yourself looking ridiculous, reasoning isn't worth a damn.

Blue Bamboo: Japanese Tales of Fantasy

Make the right choices For the right reasons and the right things will happen.

Brain Drain The Breakthrough That Will Change Your Life

I try to be rational and suppress the hope that this is for real, but hope has a way of closing its eyes to reason and it just keeps growing. 

Between the Lines

She attractive, but so was everyone in this kind of light; the longer the wavelength, the softer the focus. There’s a reason fuckcubbies don’t come with fluorescent lights.

Blindsight

The other reason I like your hair down is that I've fantasized about having these silken tresses wrapped around my fist as I'm fucking you

Bound

Mad cow disease? A crazy hunger for blood. There had to be a reasonable explanation for all of this. And there's no such thing as vampires, right?

Blood Phoenix: Rebirth

for some reason, dying men always ask the question they know the answer to. perhaps it's so they can die being right.

The Book Thief

When magic through nerves and reason passes, Imagination, force, and passion will thunder. The portrait of the world is changed.

Circling: 1978-1987