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Samuel Johnson quote: "Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to..."

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

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If there's another thing that sportswriting teaches you, it is that there are no transcendent themes in life. In all cases things are here and they're over, and that has to be enough. The other view is a lie of literature and the liberal arts, which is why I did not succeed as a teacher, and another reason I put my novel away in the drawer and have not taken it out. Richard Ford
William Shakespeare quote: "Thou canst not speak of thou dost not feel."
Thou canst not speak of thou dost not feel. William Shakespeare
Death - Death can be faced, dealt with, adjusted to, outlived. It's the not knowing that destroys interminably... This being suspended in suspense; waiting - weightless, How does one face the faceless, adjust to nothing? Waiting implies something to wait for. Is there? There is One. One who knows... I rest my soul on that. Ruth Graham
She used religion as a therapy for the ills of the world and herself, and she changed the religion to fit the ill. When she found that the theosophy she had developed for communication with a dead husband was not necessary, she cast about for some new unhappiness. John Steinbeck
But that would be putting the clock back," gasped the Governor. "Have you no idea of progress, of development?"I have seen them both in an egg," said Caspian. "We call it Going bad in Narnia. C. S. Lewis
Samuel Johnson quote: "I never desire to converse with a man who has written more..."
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. Samuel Johnson
There are so many things that come into writing a recipe, and it's really important if you're writing for home cooks to be cooking like you are at home. Sally Schneider
Can you look forward to the future of our country and imagine any state of things in which, with slavery still existing, we should be assured of permanent peace? I cannot. Robert Dale Owen
Paulo Coelho quote: "Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being..."
Stay mad, but behave like normal people. Run the risk of being different, but learn to do so without attracting attention. Paulo Coelho
Glenn Frey quote: "I'm just a bleeping maniac in straight clothing. There's no..."
I'm just a bleeping maniac in straight clothing. There's no reason to dress my monster up. Glenn Frey
Gwendolyn Brooks quote: "She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves."
She was learning to love moments. To love moments for themselves. Gwendolyn Brooks
Ray Bradbury quote: "We have our Arts so we won't die of Truth"
We have our Arts so we won't die of Truth Ray Bradbury
Ava Gardner quote: "And I won 'em back fair and square. So what are you going to..."
And I won 'em back fair and square. So what are you going to do about it? Want to fight? Who wants the first bloody nose? Ava Gardner
A. N. Wilson quote: "I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person...."
I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels. A. N. Wilson
I wondered why I was so startled by the encounter when there was something that seemed utterly inevitable about the moment. Not in any grand, destined sense; just in the quiet, stubborn way that unfinished business has of imposing its will on the unwilling. Emily Giffin