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Buts Quotes (page 666)

It did not look like the work of God, but it might have represented the handicraft of a God with a joyous sense of humor, a dancing God who loved mischief as much as prayer, and playfulness as much as mischief. Pat Conroy
Such is the influence which the condition of our own thoughts, exercises, even over the appearance of external objects. Men who look on nature, and their fellow-men, and cry that all is dark and gloomy, are in the right; but the sombre colours are reflections from their own jaundiced eyes and hearts. The real hues are delicate, and need a clearer vision. Charles Dickens
Lady Gaga quote: "For being different, it’s easy. But to be unique, it’s a..."
For being different, it’s easy. But to be unique, it’s a complicated thing. Lady Gaga
J. M. Barrie quote: ""She was not a little girl heart-broken about him; she was a..."
"She was not a little girl heart-broken about him; she was a grown woman smiling at it all, but they were wet smiles. J. M. Barrie
To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture. Oscar Wilde
To return to antiquity [in literature]: that has been done. To return to the Middle Ages: that too has been done. Remains the present day. But the ground is shaky: so where can you set the foundations? An answer to this question must be found if one is to produce anything vital and hence lasting. All this disturbs me so much that I no longer like to be spoken to about it. Gustave Flaubert
Sigmund Freud once asserted, "Let one attempt to expose a number of the most diverse people uniformly to hunger. With the increase of the imperative urge of hunger all individual differences will blur, and in their stead will appear the uniform expression of the one unstilled urge." Thank heaven, Sigmund Freud was spared knowing the concentration camps from the inside. His subjects lay on a couch designed in the plush style of Victorian culture, not in the filth of Auschwitz. There, the... Viktor E. Frankl
I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us. Herman Hesse
Dad had once said, Trust your mind, Rob. If it smells like shit but has writing across it that says Happy Birthday and a candle stuck down in it, what is it? Is there icing on it? he'd said. Dad had done that thing of squinting his eyes when an answer was not quite there yet. George Saunders
If we deny the need for thought, Moneo, as some do, we lose the powers of ref lection; we cannot define what our senses report. If we deny the flesh, we unwheel the vehicle which bears us. But if we deny emotion, we lose all touch with our internal universe. It was emotions which I missed the most. Frank Herbert
Alice Munro quote: "We say of some things that they can't be forgiven, or that we..."
We say of some things that they can't be forgiven, or that we will never forgive ourselves. But we do-we do it all the time. Alice Munro
Mother, you can still hold hold on but forgive, forgive and give for long as long as we both shall live, I forgive you, Mother. Barbara Kingsolver
You can curse the dead or pray for them, but don't expect them to do a thing for you. They're far too interested in watching us, to see what in heaven's name we will do next. Barbara Kingsolver
If you like, you can all think of it as my gift to you. I never had much else to give. You can get on and play your own lives as you like, while I just keep moving. This story of it all can be another gift. I’ve made an arrangement with Adam. When I’ve finished, which is almost now, I’m going to put the bundle of papers in the garden of the Old Fort, before I move on. Adam’s going to get them and take them to his father. And if you read it and don’t believe it’s real, so much the better. It... Diana Wynne Jones
Just think about it," he said softly. "You can do practically anything. You can have practically everything. And none of it will keep you from being alone."Shut up shut up...Everybody's alone."He nodded. "But some people learn how to live with it. Theodore Sturgeon

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