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Thus, you see, he arrived at the same end, via supposed duty, that he was previously pledged to via interest. I fancy a good number of us, when any line of action will promote our own interest, can make ourselves believe that reasons exist which compel us to it as a duty. Elizabeth Gaskell
Jodi Picoult quote: "You can believe something really hard,' Faith says, 'and still..."
You can believe something really hard,' Faith says, 'and still be wrong. Jodi Picoult
Terry Prachett quote: "She told me that if magic gives people what they want, then..."
She told me that if magic gives people what they want, then not using magic can give them what they need. Terry Prachett
God, but life is loneliness, despite all the opiates, despite the shrill tinsel gaiety of "parties" with no purpose, despite the false grinning faces we all wear. And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter - they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long. Yes, there is joy, fulfillment and companionship - but the loneliness of the soul in its... Sylvia Plath
How intense can be the longing to escape from the emptiness and dullness of human verbosity, to take refuge in nature, apparently so inarticulate, or in the wordlessness of long, grinding labour, of sound sleep, of true music, or of a human understanding rendered speechless by emotion! Boris Pasternak
Colleen McCullough quote: "The best thing about being 40 is that you can appreciate..."
The best thing about being 40 is that you can appreciate 25-year-old men more. Colleen McCullough
If we long for our planet to be important, there is something we can do about it. We make our world significant by the courage of our questions and by the depth of our answers. Carl Sagan
It seems to me that you can almost define civilization by saying it's people who are not willing to hurt other people because the other people are different. Gene Wolfe
Oh I'm sure you're right," Auntie said. "Probably she's just as you say. But she looks to me like a very clever girl, and adaptable; you can see that from the shape of her ears. Arthur Golden
He is one of those who has had the wilderness for a pillow, and called a star his brother. Alone. But loneliness can be a communion. Dag Hammarskjold
Nature loves efficiency, which is very odd for something supposedly working at random. When you drop a ball, it falls straight down without taking any unexpected detours. When two molecules with the potential for bonding meet, they always bond- there is no room for indecision. This expenditure of least energy, also called the law of least effort, covers human beings, too. Certainly our bodies cannot escape the efficiency of the chemical processes goings on in each cell, so it is probable... Deepak Chopra
It is not what to do, but how much love we put into the doing. We can do not greats, only small things with great love." - Mother Theresa Mother Teresa
Margaret Atwood quote: "In ten years, you'll be on a stamp /where anyone at all can..."
In ten years, you'll be on a stamp /where anyone at all can lick you. Margaret Atwood
For the sake of “job creation,” in Kentucky, and in other backward states, we have lavished public money on corporations that come in and stay only so long as they can exploit people here more cheaply than elsewhere. The general purpose of the present economy is to exploit, not to foster or conserve. (from 'Compromise, Hell!' published in the November/December 2004 issue of ORION magazine) Wendell Berry
George Eliot quote: "I am not imposed upon by fine words; I can see what actions mean."
I am not imposed upon by fine words; I can see what actions mean. George Eliot

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