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I was lying there trying to control the fear. I did not know much about this uremic poisoning. A woman I'd known slightly in Texas had died of it after drinking a bottle of beer ever hour, night and day, for two weeks. William S. Burroughs
And when he died, I suddenly realized I wasn't crying for him at all, but for the things he did. I cried because he would never do them again... Ray Bradbury
Every time, I've won because I could understand the way my enemy though. From what they did. I could tell what they though I was doing, how they wanted the battle to take shape. And I played off of that. I'm very good at that. Understanding how other people think. - Ender Wiggin Orson Scott Card
You marked the minutes," the old man said. "But did you use them wisely? To be still? To cherish? To be grateful? To lift and be lifted? Mitch Albom
Alan Bennett quote: "She wasn't wholly infatuated, though she liked the way he..."
She wasn't wholly infatuated, though she liked the way he looked; but, so too did he and that unfatuated her a bit. Alan Bennett
He was aware he did not love her. He had married her because he liked her haughtiness, her seriousness, her strength, and also because of some vanity on his part, but as she kissed him for the first time he was sure there would be obstacle to their inventing true love. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Amy Tan quote: "Forever did not mean what it once had. Forever was what..."
Forever did not mean what it once had. Forever was what changed inevitably over time. Amy Tan
Elizabeth Edwards quote: "She stood in the storm, & when the wind did not blow her away,..."
She stood in the storm, & when the wind did not blow her away, she adjusted her sails. Elizabeth Edwards
…But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only, That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour. Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered - Till I scarcely more than muttered `Other friends have flown before - On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.’ Then the bird said, `Nevermore.’ … Edgar Allan Poe
Very few conversations with Charles Dickens did not include a laugh from him. I had never met a man so given to laughter. Almost no moment or context was too serious for this author not to find some levity in it, as some of us had discovered to our embarrassment at funerals. Dan Simmons
But then the dove of hope began its downward slope. And I believed for a moment that my chances. Were approaching to be grabbed. But as it came down near, so did a weary tear. I thought it was a bird, but it was just a paper bag. Fiona Apple
Sylvia Day quote: "I thought we’d turned a corner. Maybe we did, but we hit a..."
I thought we’d turned a corner. Maybe we did, but we hit a brick wall anyway. Sylvia Day
Don't be disappointed if people refuse to help you. Remember in the words of Einstein:"I'm thankful to all those who said 'NO' because of them, I did it myself. Albert Einstein
Orson Scott Card quote: "You did ok. -- Graff -> Bean"
You did ok. -- Graff -> Bean Orson Scott Card
As much as I want you and want to be with you and part of you, I can't tear myself away from the realness of my responsibilities. If you force me, physically or mentally, to go with you, as I said earlier, I cannot fight that. I don't have the strength, given my feelings for you. In spite of what I said about not taking the road away from you, I'd go because of my own selfish wanting of you. But please don't make me. Don't make me give this up, my responsibilities. I cannot do that and live... Robert James Waller

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