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Avoidance Quotes (page 26)

William S. Burroughs quote: "If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though..."
If, after spending time with a person, you feel as though you've lost a quart of plasma, avoid that person in the future. William S. Burroughs
Peter Handke quote: "These "so thats," "becauses," and "whens" were like..."
These "so thats," "becauses," and "whens" were like regulations; in decided to avoid them in order not to-- Peter Handke
Enjoy the present, bid defiance to the future, laugh at all those reasonable beings who exercise their reason to avoid the misfortunes which they fear, destroying at the same time the pleasure that they might enjoy. Giacomo Casanova
Jeanette Winterson quote: "It's why I am a writer...To avoid the narrow mesh of Mrs..."
It's why I am a writer...To avoid the narrow mesh of Mrs Winterson's story I had to be able to tell my own. Jeanette Winterson
It is always simple to fall; there are an infinity of angles at which one falls, only one at which one stands. To have fallen into any one of the fads from Gnosticism to Christian Science would indeed have been obvious and tame. But to have avoided them all has been one whirling adventure; and in my vision the heavenly chariot flies thundering through the ages, the dull heresies sprawling and prostrate, the wild truth reeling but erect. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Yeah. Almost as surprising as when you nailed me with your father's car."In the interest of avoiding confrontation, I felt compelled to explain. I didn't feel obliged to do it convincingly. "It was an accident. My foot slipped."That was no accident. You jumped the goddamn curb and followed me down the sidewalk. Janet Evanovich
…[Thomas Wolfe] says that we are the sum of all the moments of our lives, and that, uh, anybody who sits down to write is gonna use the clay of their own life, that you can’t avoid that. Richard Linklater
Rumi quote: "The moon stays bright when it doesn't avoid the night...."
The moon stays bright when it doesn't avoid the night.... Rumi
Carl Jung quote: "People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing..."
People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls. Carl Jung
The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another. Albert Schweitzer
Gustave Flaubert quote: "He had carefully avoided her out of the natural cowardice that..."
He had carefully avoided her out of the natural cowardice that characterizes the stronger sex. Gustave Flaubert
we need not avoid our active lives, but simply bring to them a new vision and shift of gravity. for in the center we are rooted in god's love. in such a place there is no need for striving and impatience and dashing about seeking approval. Sue Monk Kidd
If I could put it into a very few words, dear sir, I should say that our prevalent belief is in moderation. We inculcate the virtue of avoiding excesses of all kinds—even including, if you will pardon the paradox, excess of virtue itself. James Hilton
I was wrong, after all, to tell you that the essential was to avoid judgement. The essential is being able to permit oneself everything, even if, from time to time, one has to profess vociferously one's own infamy. Albert Camus
Then it’s just Venia, whose skin is so pale her tattoos appear to be leaping off it. Almost rigid with determination, she does my hair and nails and makeup, fingers flying swiftly to compensate for her absent teammates. The whole time, she avoids my gaze. It’s only when Cinna shows up to approve me and dismiss her that she takes my hands, looks me straight in the eye, and says, “We would all like you to know what a…privilege it has been to make you look your best.” Then she hastens from the... Suzanne Collins

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