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We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the earth.

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At that time, I often thought that if I had had to live in the trunk of a dead tree, with nothing to do but look up at the sky flowing overhead, little by little I would have gotten used to it. I would have waited for the birds to fly by or the clouds to mingle, just as here I waited to see my lawyer's ties and just as, in another world, I used to wait patiently until Saturday to hold Marie's body in my arms. Now, as I think back on it, I wasn't in a hollow tree trunk. There were others worse... Albert Camus
A woman asking "Am I good? Am I satisfied?" is extremely selfish. The less women fuss about themselves, the less they talk to other women, the more they try to please their husbands, the happier the marriage is going to be. Barbara Cartland
Yep, my daddy was an undependable drunk. But he'd never missed any of my organized games, concerts, plays, or picnics. He may not have loved me perfectly, but he loved me as well as he could. (189) Sherman Alexie
Mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. Thomas Jefferson
People try to challenge me in bars every now and then. As long as they're not physical I just walk away, but if they get physical then I just end up in a fight. Johnny Knoxville
If I were a younger man, I would write a history of human stupidity; and I would climb to the top of Mount McCabe and lie down on my back with my history for a pillow; and I would take from the ground some of the blue-white poison that makes statues of men; and I would make a statue of myself, lying on my back, grinning horribly, and thumbing my nose at You Know Who. Kurt Vonnegut
Eric Hoffer quote: "You can never get enough of what you don’t really need."
You can never get enough of what you don’t really need. Eric Hoffer
Columba Bush quote: "My children were born into this. They will always be the..."
My children were born into this. They will always be the grandchildren of the President and First Lady of the United States. Columba Bush
Iris Murdoch quote: "Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins."
Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins. Iris Murdoch
We may all be a peculiar lot...often broke, often dissatisfied because we're not doing more and better work...but we know how to have a ball that makes the rest of the world seem square. Vincent Price
William Shakespeare quote: "Life is but a dream, within a dream."
Life is but a dream, within a dream. William Shakespeare
William Bligh quote: "Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor;..."
Beef also was difficult to be procured and exceedingly poor; the price nearly sixpence farthing per pound. William Bligh
Dylan Thomas quote: "But time has set its maggot on their track."
But time has set its maggot on their track. Dylan Thomas
Hunter Hayes quote: "I was addicted to playing music."
I was addicted to playing music. Hunter Hayes
Jack London quote: "No, sir. Go to hell sir. It's the best I can do for you sir."
No, sir. Go to hell sir. It's the best I can do for you sir. Jack London