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It is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future - sub specie aeternitatis. And this is his salvation in the most difficult moments of his existence, although he sometimes has to force his mind to the task. Viktor E. Frankl
While he was watching the ships, Buttercup shoved him with all her strength remaining. Down went the man in black. "You can die too for all I care," she said, and then she turned away. Words followed her. Whispered from afar, weak and warm and familiar. "As... you... wish... William Goldman
But you can wake a man only if he is really asleep. No effort that you make will produce any effect upon him if he is merely pretending sleep. Mahatma Gandhi
I am a dreamer. I know so little of real life that I just can’t help re-living such moments as these in my dreams, for such moments are something I have very rarely experienced. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Samuel Johnson quote: "The pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the..."
The pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth. Samuel Johnson
Soren Kierkegaard quote: "The girl made an impression on me, and I forgot her; the other..."
The girl made an impression on me, and I forgot her; the other made no impression, and her I can remember. Soren Kierkegaard
Philip K. Dick quote: "She makes life over, he realized. She controls life, whereas..."
She makes life over, he realized. She controls life, whereas I just sit on my can and let it happen to me. Philip K. Dick
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of..."
Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness. Vladimir Nabokov
So it is that we can seldom help anybody. Either we don't know what part to give or maybe we don't like to give any part of ourselves. Then, more often than not, the part that is needed is not wanted. And even more often, we do not have the part that is needed. Norman Maclean
Sue Monk Kidd quote: "impossibility. I can tell you this much: the word is a great..."
...impossibility. I can tell you this much: the word is a great big log thrown on the fires of love. Sue Monk Kidd
They're all tossers, aren't they, men like Martin. They think women are like fucking laptops or whatever, like, my old one's knackered and anyway, you can get ones that are slimmer and do more stuff now. Nick Hornby
Ronnie:" I guess I'm okay with that. But it's not going to be easy for you. They don't have a lot of fishing or mudding around here. Will:" I figured."Ronnie" And not a lot of beach volleyball, either. Especially in January."Will" I guess I'll have to make some sacrifices."Ronnie."Maybe if you're lucky, we can find you some other ways to occupy Your time. Nicholas Sparks
Nothing is ever lost nor can be lost; the body aged, sluggish, cold.... the embers left from earlier fires shall dully flame again Nicholas Sparks
Suzanne Collins quote: "Well, I can't leave Mags behind," says Finnick. "She's one of..."
Well, I can't leave Mags behind," says Finnick. "She's one of the few people who actually likes me. Suzanne Collins
But this man had set down with a hammer and chisel and carved out a stone water trough to last ten thousand years. Why was that? What was it that he had faith in? It wasn't that nothin' would change. Which is what you might think, I suppose. He had to know better'n that. I've thought about it a good deal. . . And I have to say that the only thing I can think is that there was some sort of promise in his heart. And I don't have no intentions of carvin' a stone water trough. But I would like to... Cormac McCarthy

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