Quotes of the day, November 26

You always trade blood for joy. It’s always a deal struck in the wet and the dark. Al didn’t make the rules. He just dances to the song that’s playing.

Catherynne M. Valente

• Joy
• Blood
• Deal

Today's devices blurt out the absolute truth as they know it. A smart device in the future might know when NOT to blurt out the truth.

Genevieve Bell

• Truth
• Devices
• Absolute

I couldn't just hand in any old rubbish - I can't go on tour and sing something for three years if I don't believe in it.

Estelle

• Hand
• Sing
• Don't Believe

I was in New York City for September 11th, and I was there for the 2003 blackout. I think in hindsight, you get a real perspective as to how unique those moments of crisis are in a place like New York City.

Casey Neistat

• Unique
• Crisis
• New York City

I sat, a solitary man, In a crowded London shop, An open book and empty cup On the marble table-top. While on the shop and street I gazed My body of a sudden blazed; And twenty minutes more or less It seemed, so great my happiness, That I was blessed and could bless.

William Butler Yeats

• Book
• Blessed
• Empty

This is not just about homosexuality or homosexual acts -- it's about an agenda and subculture that is in direct conflict with the teachings of the Catholic Church, ... Goodbye, Good Men: How liberals Brought Corruption Into the Catholic Church.

Michael Rose Black Uhuru

• Catholic
• Conflict
• Acts