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The real unforgivable acts are committed by calm men in beautiful green silk rooms, who deal death wholesale, by the shipload, without lust, without anger, or desire, or any redeeming emotion to excuse them but cold fear of some pretended future. But the crimes they hope to prevent in that future are imaginary. The ones they commit in the present - they are real. Lois McMaster Bujold
Peter Straub quote: "Wolves and those who see them are shot on sight."
Wolves and those who see them are shot on sight. Peter Straub
... He wanted to hear her concerns and alleviate them, he wanted to hold her and kiss her and convince her that he would find a way to make their relationship work, no matter how hard that might be. He wanted to to make her hear his words: that he couldn't imagine a lofe without her, that his feelings for her were real. But most of all, he wanted to reassure himself that she felt the same way about him. Nicholas Sparks
Ernest Hemingway quote: "Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can..."
Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones. Ernest Hemingway
To be candid, in Middlemarch phraseology, meant, to use an early opportunity of letting your friends know that you did not take a cheerful view of their capacity, their conduct, or their position; and a robust candor never waited to be asked for its opinion. George Eliot
The result was, when Congress convened in January 1971, everyone was now an environmentalist. They had seen a new force, college students, who favored the environment. Pete McCloskey
Thomas Fuller quote: "He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none."
He that has one eye is a prince among those that have none. Thomas Fuller
Fill your tall goblets with white wine and red, And sing brave songs of gallant love and true, Wearing soft robes of emerald and blue, And dance, as I your dances oft have led, And laugh, as I have often laughed with you -And be most merry - after I am dead. Winifred Holtby
In all my travels I never met with any one Scotchman but what was a man of sense: I believe everybody of that country that has any, leaves it as fast as they can. Francis Lockier
Howie Carr quote: "Has there ever been anybody, real or fictional, whiter than..."
Has there ever been anybody, real or fictional, whiter than Betty Crocker? Howie Carr
Play on, when you're losing the game. Play on, cuz you're going to make mistakes. It's always worth the sacrifice, even when you think you're wrong. Carrie Underwood
Blythe Danner quote: "I've kept my sanity in this business by trying out for a role..."
I've kept my sanity in this business by trying out for a role and then going home and trying to forget about it. Blythe Danner
Listen, nothing's better than being useful. Tell me how, at the present moment, I can be most of of use. I know it's not for you to decide that, but I'm only asking for your opinion. You tell me, and what you say I swear I'll do! Well, what is the great thought?" "Well, to turn stones into bread. That's a great thought." "The greatest? Yes, really, you have suggested quite a new path. Tell me, is it the greatest?" "It's very great, my dear boy, very great, but it's not the greatest. It's... Fyodor Dostoevsky
When you come to Christ as a real young person, I think when you become a teen-ager either you rebel or you search, doubt, and wonder. Jerry B. Jenkins
If there are Muslims who believe that they've got to kill Christians to make a way for the Islamic faith in the West, not only would they be disappointed, but it will lead to conflict, there's no doubt about that. George Carey