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W. Somerset Maugham quote: "The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common..."
The passing moment is all we can be sure of; it is only common sense to extract its utmost value from it. W. Somerset Maugham
It is grim reading’, he said. ‘I fear their end was cruel. Listen! We cannot get out. We cannot get out. They have taken the Bridge and second hall.... Then there are four lines smeared so that I can only read went 5 days ago. The last lines run: the pool is up to the wall at Westgate. The Watcher in the Water took in. We cannot get out. The end comes, and then drums, drums in the deep. I wonder what that means. The last thing written is in a trailing scrawl of elf-letters: they are coming.... J. R. R. Tolkien
None of us can ever save himself; we are the instruments of one another’s salvation, and only by the hope that we give to others do we lift ourselves out of the darkness into light. Dean Koontz
You belong with me, Scarlett, haven't you figured that out? And the world is where we belong, all of it. We're not home-and-hearth people. We're the adventurers, the buccaneers, the blockade runners. Without challenge, we're only half alive. We can go anywhere, and as long as we're together, it will belong to us. But, my pet, we'll never belong to it. That's for other people, not for us. Alexandra Ripley
Herbert Hoover quote: "Be patient and calm; no one can catch fish in anger."
Be patient and calm; no one can catch fish in anger. Herbert Hoover
Virginia Wolf wrote, 'Across the broad continent of a woman's life falls the shadow of a sword.' On one side of that sword, she said, there lies convention and tradition and order, where all is correct. But on the other side of that sword, if you're crazy enough to cross it and choose a life that does not follow convention, 'all is confusion.' Nothing follows a regular course. Her argument was that the crossing of the shadow of that sword may bring a more interesting existence to a woman,... Elizabeth Gilbert
Gillian Anderson quote: "I truly belive that we can overcome any hurdle that lies..."
I truly belive that we can overcome any hurdle that lies before us. Gillian Anderson
I am sending back the keythat let me into bluebeard's study; because he would make love to me. I am sending back the key; in his eye's darkroom I can seemy X-rayed heart, dissected body: I am sending back the keythat let me into bluebeard s study. Sylvia Plath
Haruki Murakami quote: "If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight..."
If you're in pitch blackness, all you can do is sit tight until your eyes get used to the dark Haruki Murakami
I don't believe you! Flowers are weak creatures. They are naive. They reassure themselves as best they can. They believe that their thorns are terrible weapons... Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Janet Evanovich quote: "You can't put cuffs on Mr. Cluck! What will the kids..."
You can't put cuffs on Mr. Cluck! What will the kids think?"Stuart Bagget Janet Evanovich
...they were having an argument as old and comfortable as an armchair, the kind of argument that no one ever really wins or loses but which can go on forever, if both parties are willing. Neil Gaiman
Maya Angelou quote: "No one can take the place of a friend, no one."
No one can take the place of a friend, no one. Maya Angelou
I've always followed my father's advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble. John Wayne
Tourette's is just one big lifetime of tag, really. The world (or my brain---same thing) appoints me it, again and again. So I tag back. Can it do otherwise? If you've ever been it you know the answer. Jonathan Lethem

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