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When dawn comes I'm sitting in bed with my arms around my knees and, since I have nothing to do, am trying to know myself. "Know yourself"--what splendid and useful advice; too bad the ancients never thought of showing how to use this advice. Anton Chekhov
Suzanne Collins quote: "I'm on a frosting sailboat, tossed around by blue-green waves,..."
I'm on a frosting sailboat, tossed around by blue-green waves, the deck shifting beneath my feet. Suzanne Collins
[To] know oneself is, above all, to know what one lacks. It is to measure oneself against Truth, and not the other way around. The first product of self-knowledge is humility . . . Flannery O'Connor
Haruki Murakami quote: "When all around is dark, there is nothing to do but to wait..."
When all around is dark, there is nothing to do but to wait until the eye accustomed to the dark Haruki Murakami
In the talcum on the floor around him he could see the imprints of his mother's feet. She had moved from side to side, propelled by an over-eager partner, perhaps one of the Japanese officers to whom she was teaching to tango. Jim tried out the dance steps himself, which seemed far more violent than any tango he had ever seen, and managed to fall and cut his hand on the broken mirror. J. G. Ballard
The great man, Genghis Khan, only knew how to shoot eagles with an arrow. The past is past. To see real heroes, look around you. Mao Zedong
Tina Fey quote: "Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit..."
Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles. Tina Fey
Laura Schlessinger quote: "Just hanging around the house is deadly--get out and..."
Just hanging around the house is deadly--get out and experience the world together; do things you've never done before! Laura Schlessinger
She was surprised to feel his hand on her arm and still more surprised-almost unbelieving-to see his fingers unclasp his identification bracelet and remove it from his arm. Silently he fumbled with the bracelet and slipped it around her right wrist. with a tiny click he snapped the clasp shut. Jane gave a gasp of astonishment and turned questioning to Stan. She was wearing his identification bracelet! The silver links on her wrist were still warm from his arm Beverly Cleary
He would be atleast sixteen-old enough to have a driver's licence- and he would have crinkles around his eyes that showed he had a sense of humor and he would be tall, the kind of boy all the other girls would like to date Beverly Cleary
I'd give something to see that. Mostly, I'd just to look over the country around the gorge again, just to bring some of it clear in my mind again. I been away a long time. Ken Kesey
Samuel Rutherford quote: "Whenever I find myself in the cellar of affliction, I always..."
Whenever I find myself in the cellar of affliction, I always looks around for the wine. Samuel Rutherford
turns me on so loud it's like no sound, everybody yelling at me hands over their ears from behind a glass wall, faces working around in talk circles but no sound from the mouths. my sound soaks up all other sound. Ken Kesey
But the trouble with sainthood these days is the robe-and-halo imagery that gets stuck onto it." Carl got that brooding look again. "People forget that robes were street clothes once... and still are, in a lot of places. And halos are to that fierce air of innocence what speech balloons in comics are to the sound of the voice itself. Shorthand. But most people just see an old symbol and don't bother looking behind it for the meaning. Sainthood starts to look old-fashioned, unattainable...... Diane Duane
A man who goes around with a prophecy-gun ought never to get discouraged: if he will keep up his heart and fire at everything he sees, he is bound to hit something by and by. Mark Twain

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