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Aristophanes quote: "How can I study from below, that which is above?"
How can I study from below, that which is above? Aristophanes
How could sincerity be a condition of friendship? A liking for the truth at all costs is a passion that spares nothing and that nothing can withstand. Albert Camus
What do you hope for that you haven’t got? What can that child give you?’ There was a little silence. ‘A virgin audience for my riddles, I believe,’ said Lymond thoughtfully, at length. ‘But it certainly poses an ungallant question. Dorothy Dunnett
Language, then, not simply as a list of separate things to be added up and whose sum total is equal to the world. Rather, language as it is laid out in the dictionary: an infinitely complex organism, all of whose elements ?] are present in the world simultaneously, none of which can exist on its own. For each word is defined by other words, which means that to enter any part of language is to enter the whole of it Paul Auster
He woke whimpering in the night and the man held him. Shh, he said. Shh. It's okay. I had a bad dream. I know. Should I tell you what it was? If you want to. I had this penguin that you wound up and it would waddle and flap its flippers. And we were in that house that we used to live in and it came around the corner but nobody had wound it up and it was really scary. Okay. It was a lot scarier in the dream. I know. Dreams can be really scary. Why did I have that scary dream? I dont... Cormac McCarthy
Laurell K. Hamilton quote: "I know the universe has a sense of irony, and sometimes you..."
I know the universe has a sense of irony, and sometimes you get reminded just how sadistic that can be. Laurell K. Hamilton
An impractical man--which he not only seems to be, but really is--will always be unreliable and unpredictable in his dealings with others. He will engage in actions that mean something else to him than to others, but he is at peace with himself about everything as long as he can make it all come together in a fine idea. Robert Musil
John Steinbeck quote: "For how can one know color in perpetual green, and what good..."
For how can one know color in perpetual green, and what good is warmth without cold to give it sweetness? John Steinbeck
Jodi Picoult quote: "In this new place we've found, sometimes there aren't words,..."
In this new place we've found, sometimes there aren't words, because the truth can be even more difficult than the lies. Jodi Picoult
As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. The man who tries methods, ignoring principles, is sure to have trouble. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The grandiose person is never really free; first because he is excessively dependent on admiration from others, and second, because his self-respect is dependent on qualities, functions, and achievements that can suddenly fail. Alice Miller
We need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn't do. All the things we should have done. You can't get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened. Mitch Albom
A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offenses against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made - not to understand - but to feel - as crime. Edgar Allan Poe
Who hit you?"Why, so you can go beat him up?" "One of the fringe benefits of being my human servant is my protection."I don't need your protection, Jean-Claude."He hurt you."And I shoved a gun into his groin and made him tell me everything he knew," I said. Laurell K. Hamilton
Stephen King quote: "Nothing is ever lost, Sarah. Nothing that can't be found."
Nothing is ever lost, Sarah. Nothing that can't be found. Stephen King

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