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The reason why I consider myself a clever man is simply because I could never in my life finish anything I'd started. All right, I am a talker, a harmless, boring talker as we all are. But what can I do if the direct and sole purpose of every intelligent man is to talk, that is to say, to waste his time deliberately? Fyodor Dostoevsky
Once upon a time there was a musician who slew his four cats, stuffed then in a garbage can, left the building, and went to visit friends. Gunter Grass
No, give me the past. It doesn’t change; it’s all there in black and white, and you can get to know about it comfortably and decorously and, above all, privately - by reading. … As reading becomes more and more habitual and widespread, an ever-increasing number of people will discover that books will give them all the pleasures of social life and none of its intolerable tedium. Aldous Huxley
Mind, I congratulate you. You jumped me to sex, translated it to aesthetics, and ended with sour grapes. How dishonest can I be? And all because I don't want to go to work. I'll work my head off to avoid work. Come, mind. This time you don't get away with it - back to the desk. John Steinbeck
Oscar Wilde quote: "Any man can be happy with any woman, so long as he doesn't..."
Any man can be happy with any woman, so long as he doesn't love her. Oscar Wilde
George Eliot quote: "I shall never love anybody. I can't love people. I hate..."
I shall never love anybody. I can't love people. I hate them.''The time will come, dear, the time will come. George Eliot
Abraham Lincoln quote: "Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those..."
Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those awful thoughts. Abraham Lincoln
They would be happy to bring some up. No one bitched about the time. No one questioned. You can always tell how much you're paying for a room by how little they complain. Laurell K. Hamilton
Just in case you thought elephants were all sweetness, I can attest to the fact that this one had the time of her life scaring the bejeezus out of those dudes. James Patterson
Alexander Dumas quote: "Monsieur Man-in-a-hurry, you can find me without running—ME,..."
Monsieur Man-in-a-hurry, you can find me without running—ME, you understand? Alexander Dumas
The Internet also makes it extraordinarily difficult for me to focus. One small break to look up exactly how almond milk is made, and four hours later I'm reading about the Donner Party and texting all my friends: DID YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT THE DONNER PARTY AND HOW MESSED UP THAT WAS? TEXT ME BACK SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT! Mindy Kaling
A sneeze travels at a peak velocity of two hundred miles per hour. A burp, more slowly; a fart, slower yet. But a kiss thrown by fingers- its departure is sudden, its arrival ambiguous, and there is no source that can state with authority what speeds are reached in its flight. Tom Robbins
He can love the shape of human beings, the fine and twisted shapes of the heart. It is good to have among us such men, such balancing monsters of love. Leonard Cohen
Nurse: "You look like a pharmaceutical rep. you can leave samples in the closet."Joe: "I'm actually a lawyer."Nurse: "My condolences. Jodi Picoult
Hugh Laurie quote: "Pain is an event. It happens to you, and you deal with it in..."
Pain is an event. It happens to you, and you deal with it in whatever way you can. Hugh Laurie

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