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There is this difference between the growth of some human beings and that of others: in the one case it is a continuous dying, in the other a continuous resurrection. One of the latter sort comes at length to know at once whether a thing is true the moment it comes before him; one of the former class grows more and more afraid of being taken in, so afraid that he takes himself in altogether, and comes at length to believe in nothing but his dinner: to be sure of a thing is to have it between... George MacDonald
She's afraid to tell me anything important, knowing I'll only turn around and write about it. In my mind, I'm like a friendly junkman, building things from the little pieces of scrap I find here and there, but my family's started to see things differently. Their personal lives are the so-called pieces of scrap I so casually pick up, and they're sick of it. More and more often their stories begin with the line "You have to swear you'll never repeat this." I always promise, but it's generally... David Sedaris
Stephenie Meyer quote: "There s a difference between being in love and being in love..."
There s a difference between being in love and being in love with the idea of love. Stephenie Meyer
At a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized, at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who think differently than we do, it’s important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we are talking with each other in a way that heals, not a way that wounds. Barack Obama
My faith demands - this is not optional - my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I can, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference. - Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter
The difference between animals and humans is that animals change themselves for the environment, but humans change the environment for themselves. Ayn Rand
Stephenie Meyer quote: "I stared because their faces, so different, so similar, were..."
I stared because their faces, so different, so similar, were all devastatingly, inhumanly beautiful. Stephenie Meyer
Sherman Alexie quote: "The world is divided by two different tribes. The people who..."
The world is divided by two different tribes. The people who are assholes and the people who are not. Sherman Alexie
While people are fairly young and the musical composition of their lives is still in its opening bars, they can go about writing it together and sharing motifs (the way Tomas and Sabina exchanged the motif of the bowler hat), but if they meet when they are older, like Franz and Sabina, their musical compositions are more or less complete, and every motif, every object, every word means something different to each of them. Milan Kundera
Euripides quote: "A woman like me! What am I like that's different from you or..."
A woman like me! What am I like that's different from you or any man Euripides
Taylor Swift quote: "Your lucky enough to be different, don't ever change"
Your lucky enough to be different, don't ever change Taylor Swift
Morris West quote: "[The writer] has to be the kind of man who turns the world..."
[The writer] has to be the kind of man who turns the world upside down and says, lookit, it looks different, doesn’t it? Morris West
The difference between rich and poor", said Francie, "is that the poor do everything with thier own hands and the rich hire hands to do things. Betty Smith
It seems to be very hard for people to live with riddles or to let them live, although one would think that life is so full of riddles as it is that a few more things we cannot answer would make no difference. But perhaps it is just this that is so unendurable, that there are irrational things in our own psyche which upset the conscious mind in its illusory certainties by confronting it with the riddle of its existence. Carl Jung
I believe he collects different types of stationery,' said Vetinari. 'I have sometimes speculated that he might change his life for the better should he meet a young lady willing to dress up as a manila envelope. Terry Prachett

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