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Jan had friends who like him had left their old homeland and who devoted all their time to the struggle for its lost freedom. All of them had sometimes felt that the bond tying them to their country was just an illusion and that only enduring habit kept them prepared to die for something they did not care about. They all knew that feeling and at the same time were afraid of knowing it; they turned their heads away from fear of seeing the border and stumbling (lured by vertigo as by an abyss)... Milan Kundera
From beneath his slouched hat Ahab dropped a tear into the sea; nor did all the Pacific contain such wealth as that one wee drop. Herman Melville
William Goldman quote: "Existence was really very simple when you did what you were told."
Existence was really very simple when you did what you were told. William Goldman
Oh, that's right. You're a... what did you call it? Ah, a ghost hunter. You don't have to see things to believe them."Adam's gaze locked onto the persecutor's. "Maybe you've got that backward," he said. "Maybe it's just that I believe things you cant see. Jodi Picoult
and then she asks me how many sexual partners I've had and I say one or twodepending on your definition of what I did to Custer . . . Sherman Alexie
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "I see you're looking at my cuff buttons." I hadn't been..."
I see you're looking at my cuff buttons." I hadn't been looking at them, but I did now. F. Scott Fitzgerald
I tried to imagine a church that did not support its country's wars as a matter of patriotic course and instead stood against the devastation and suffering they caused in people's lives." (from 'The Dance of the Dissident Daughter'.) Sue Monk Kidd
She was everything I wanted. She was beautiful and charming, with a quick sense of humor, and she supported me in everything I did. Nicholas Sparks
Charles M. Schulz quote: "I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I..."
I never made a mistake in my life. I thought I did once, but I was wrong. Charles M. Schulz
Albert Camus quote: "I may not have been sure about what really did interest me,..."
I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't. Albert Camus
It seems to me in retrospect that the department stores and the dime stores did an excellent job of extending the 'sacred space' of Christmas in those days. And I sometimes wonder whether for people of no religion, this might have been the only sacred space they knew. When people rail now against the 'commercial nature of Christmas,' I'm always conflicted an unable to respond. Because I think those who would banish commercialism from the holiday fail to understand how precious and comforting... Anne Rice
John Donne quote: "I did best when I had least truth for my subjects."
I did best when I had least truth for my subjects. John Donne
E. M. Forster quote: "Margaret could not reply. Was he incredibly stupid, or did he..."
Margaret could not reply. Was he incredibly stupid, or did he understand her better than she understood herself? E. M. Forster
The old man in the beard he felt convinced was wrong. He was too busy saving his own soul. Wasn't it better to take part even in the crimes of people you loved, if it was necessary hate as they did, and if that were the end of everything suffer damnation with them rather than be saved alone? Graham Greene
Annie Dillard quote: "why did I have to keep learning this same thing over and over?"
why did I have to keep learning this same thing over and over? Annie Dillard

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