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Rebecca McKinsey

The difference between politics and religion is that the first makes it legal to hate, and makes the love of the second illegal.

difference, hate, illegal, legal, love, politics, religion

Rebecca McKinsey

Stories start in all sorts of places. Where they begin often tells the reader of what to expect as they progress. Castles often lead to dragons, country estates to deeds of deepest love (or of hate), and ambiguously presented settings usually lead to equally as ambiguous characters and plot, leaving a reader with an ambiguous feeling of disappointment. That’s one of the worst kinds.

ambiguity, castles, characters, disappointment, dragons, hate, love, plot, readers, stories

Rebecca McKinsey

Never make the mistake of thinking you are alone — or inconsequential. Ignorance is voluntary and confusion is temporary. You see the world as-is, which is more than can be said for the vast populace.

alone, confusion, culture, ignorance, insignificance, mentality, objectivity, temporary, voluntary

Rebecca McKinsey

Perfect sanity is a myth propagated by straitjacket salesmen.

culture, humor, insanity, myth, sanity

Rebecca McKinsey

If truth is not objective, there is no good or evil. There is only what people do and how people feel about it.

evil, good, objectivity, people, truth

Rebecca McKinsey

Being classy is my teenage rebellion.

class, convention, fashion, manners, rebellion, teenagers

Rebecca McKinsey

I’d rather be a little weird than all boring.

boring, eccentricity, personality, variety, weird

Rebecca McKinsey

Keeping Christ in Christmas” is like showing up at someone’s house every year, insisting on a party they never planned and never agreed to.

christ, christianity, christmas, holiday, holidays, party, religion

Rebecca McKinsey

There’s a difference between a mistake and a regret. Everything up to this moment has made this moment. If you can change a mistake, then go out and do what you can to change it. If you can’t change it, there’s no use regretting it because it will just make you miserable. Live right now, even if that involves dealing with the consequences of your actions. Time travel always ends badly.

life, mistakes, regret, time-travel

Rebecca McKinsey

Work like an angel, dress like a demon, live like a ghost, and dream like a human.

angel, demon, dream, dress, ghost, human, live, work

Rebecca McKinsey

When you don’t change, history repeats itself. Then you have to decide if changing is for the best, or you keep seeing repeats because you’re doing something right.

being-right, change, decisions, history

Rebecca McKinsey

There seem to be two main types of people in the world, crosswords and sudokus.

crossword-puzzles, observation, people, personality, sudoku, the-world