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Ursula K. Le Guin quote: "Everything gives way before the recurring torment and..."

Everything gives way before the recurring torment and festivity of passion.

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At the moment our human world is based on the suffering and destruction of millions of non-humans. To perceive this and to do something to change it in personal and public ways is to undergo a change of perception akin to a religious conversion. Nothing can ever be seen in quite the same way again because once you have admitted the terror and pain of other species you will, unless you resist conversion, be always aware of the endless permutations of suffering that support our society. Arthur Conan Doyle
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The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them. Hector Hugh Munro
It definitely gets challenging at times. I travel a lot more now, and its never easy having to leave the kids, even if its for a few days. Peter Facinelli
Hillary Clinton quote: "Wealthy women have rights in every country. And poor women don't."
Wealthy women have rights in every country. And poor women don't. Hillary Clinton
Miguel de Cervantes quote: "To be prepared is half the victory."
To be prepared is half the victory. Miguel de Cervantes
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I mean, Scorsese's a genius, and that's one way of shooting. Stanley Tucci
How- how did I get here?"It would take another Earthling to explain it to you. Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining why this event is structured as it is, telling how other events may be achieved or avoided. I am a Tralfamadorian, seeing all time as you might see a stretch of the Rocky Mountains. All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I've said... Kurt Vonnegut
Gratitude, and many associations, all pleasurable and genial, made his face the object I best liked to see; his presence in a room was more cheering than the brightest fire. Charlotte Bronte
Dearer to me than the evening star. A Packard car. A Hershey bar. Or a bride in her rich adorning. Dearer than any of these by far. Is to lie in bed in the morning Jean Kerr
You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, And filter and fibre your blood. Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged, Missing me one place search another, I stop somewhere waiting for you. Walt Whitman
Sexual liberation, as a slogan, turns out to be another kind of bondage. For a woman it offers orgasm as her ultimate and major fulfillment; it's better than motherhood. Victoria Billings
America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real but the moon landing was faked. David Letterman
Joseph Heller quote: "He ha decided to live forever or die in the attempt."
He ha decided to live forever or die in the attempt. Joseph Heller
The new spirituality will also base itself on a third very large spiritual understanding, which is that life is eternal. Most religious people claim to believe that, but very few people actually live as if that were true. Neale Donald Walsch
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It is a good thing that life is not as serious as it seems to a waiter. Don Herold