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Hayao Miyazaki quote: "Chihiro, huh? Her real name's Chihiro? Can't beat the power of..."
Chihiro, huh? Her real name's Chihiro? Can't beat the power of love. Hayao Miyazaki
Connect. Embrace. Liberate. Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see the difference it makes. Oprah Winfrey
Richard Russo quote: "a story is like a virus that can rage only for as long as..."
a story is like a virus that can rage only for as long as there are new hosts to infect. Richard Russo
A general silence prevailed--A silence, which was by nothing interrupted but by the loud and repeated snores of one of the Party. "What an illiterate villian must that man be! (thought I to myself) What a total want of delicate refinement must he have, who can thus shock our senses by such a brutal noise! He must I am certain be capable of every bad action! There is no crime too black for such a Character!" Thus reasoned I within myself, and doubtless such were the reflections of my fellow... Jane Austen
You give up the world line by line. Stoically. And then one day you realize that your courage is farcical. It doesn't mean anything. You've become an accomplice in your own annihilation and there is nothing you can do about it. Everything you do closes a door somewhere ahead of you. And finally there is only one door left. Cormac McCarthy
Rumi quote: "if i can only recount the story of my life right out of my..."
if i can only recount the story of my life right out of my body flames will grow Rumi
Once off the bush. The fruit fermented, the sweet flesh would turn sour. I always felt like crying. It wasn't fair. That all the lovely canfuls smelt of rot. Each year I hoped they'd keep, knew they would not.-Blackberry picking Seamus Heaney
People fidget. They are compelled to look engaged in an activity, or purposeful. Vampires can just occupy space without feeling obliged to justify it. Charlaine Harris
Mario Puzo quote: "A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a..."
A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man. Mario Puzo
John Newton quote: "Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring,..."
Thou art coming to a King, large petitions with thee bring, for His grace and power are such none can ever ask too much. John Newton
Mistakes can be profited by Man, when i was young I showed my ignorance in people's faces. They beat me with sticks. By the time I was forty my blunt instrument had been honed to a fine cutting point for me. If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you and you'll never learn. Ray Bradbury
There were lot of fools at the conference – pompous fools – and pompous fools drive me up the wall. Ordinary fools are alright; you can talk to them and try to help them out. But pompous fools – guys who are fools and covering it all over and impressing people as to how wonderful they are with all this hocus pocus – THAT, I CANNOT STAND! An ordinary fool isn’t a faker; an honest fool is alright. But a dishonest fool is terrible! Richard P. Feynman
This is why we shouldn't be afraid. There are two possibilities: One is that there's more to life than the physical life, that our souls "will find an even higher place to dwell" when this life is over. If that's true, there's no reason to fear failure or death. The other possibility is that this life is all there is. And if that's true, then we have to really live it - we have to take it for everything it has and "die enormous" instead of "living dormant," as I said way back on "Can I Live."... Jay-Z
Criminal: You can suck my dick, motherfucker! Detective Bridges: You suck mine! [shoves barrel of pistol in the Criminal's mouth] An' you get used to it, cause you get to Rykers you're gonna find a lot of dick on the goddamn menu! Now grunt twice for yes! You through bitchin'? Garth Ennis
Jhumpa Lahiri quote: "Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you..."
Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can. You will not regret it. Jhumpa Lahiri

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