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The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

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The absurd man will not commit suicide; he wants to live, without relinquishing any of his certainty, without a future, without hope, without illusions … and without resignation either. He stares at death with passionate attention and this fascination liberates him. He experiences the “divine irresponsibility” of the condemned man. Jean-Paul Sartre
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now that the very name "space" seemed a blasphemous libel for this empyrean ocean of radiance in which they swam. He could not call it 'dead'; he felt life pouring in at every moment. C. S. Lewis
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. Plato
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "I want to suffer and be purified by suffering!"
I want to suffer and be purified by suffering! Fyodor Dostoevsky
Rupert Everett quote: "I am at that age when you panic at the slightest thing."
I am at that age when you panic at the slightest thing. Rupert Everett
. . . Oh, for heaven’s sake, Sirius, Dumbledore said no!” A bearlike black dog had appeared at Harry’s side as Harry clambered over the various trunks cluttering the hall to get to Mrs. Weasley. “Oh honestly . . .” said Mrs. Weasley despairingly, “well, on your own head be it!” [...] The great black dog gave a joyful bark and gamboled around them, snapping at pigeons, and chasing its own tail. Harry couldn’t help laughing. Sirius had been trapped inside for a very long time. J. K. Rowling
To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is not directly experienced, nor exclude from them any element that is directly experienced. William James
William Shakespeare quote: "The fringed curtains of thine eye advance, And say what thou..."
The fringed curtains of thine eye advance, And say what thou seest yond. William Shakespeare
Albert Einstein quote: "Belevie in u. R Self an u'll Get THrow"
Belevie in u. R Self an u'll Get THrow Albert Einstein
I think, though, if I had to look at the role of government and what it does in people's lives, I see the EEOC as having much more legitimacy than the others, if properly run. Clarence Thomas
Surrounded by military airplanes and warships from the world's most civilized and developed nations, we have been denied permission by friendly governments, for reasons of security, to land anywhere, but in the tiny, and still neutral, Republic of Djibouti. Thor Heyerdahl
Homosexual,' generally used in scientific works is of course a bastard word. 'Homogenic' has been suggested, as being from two roots, both Greek, i. e., 'homos,' same, and 'genos,' sex. Edward Carpenter
Keith Sweat quote: "I treat my career like it just happened yesterday."
I treat my career like it just happened yesterday. Keith Sweat
I guess I just don't like being physically in front of people I don't know very well, because I expect to be "seen through," or, even worse, instantly hated. Chris Ware