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He cursed a little, not so much because he cared about the photographs as because he wanted to preserve his good spirits, his serotonin-rich mood, and to do this he needed a modicum of cooperation from the world of objects. Jonathan Franzen
When suddenly you seem to lose all you thought you had gained, do not despair. You must expect setbacks and regressions. Don't say to yourself "All is lost. I have to start all over again." This is not true. What you have gained you have gained....When you return to the the road, you return to the place where you left it, not to where you started. Henri Nouwen
Kevin J. Anderson quote: "We each have our lives... What matters is not how long those..."
We each have our lives... What matters is not how long those lives last, but what we do with them. Kevin J. Anderson
Jean M. Auel quote: "Great Mother! I can't believe it! Now I understand."(Mamut)"I..."
Great Mother! I can't believe it! Now I understand."(Mamut)"I do not understand," Ayla said Jean M. Auel
Like all fundamentalists who get their clammy hands on the levers of power, the market fanatics are going to kill off every humane, life-enhancing, generous, imaginative and decent corner of our public life.... Market fundamentalism, this madness that's infected the human race, is like a greedy ghost that haunts the boardrooms and council chambers and committee rooms from which the world is run these days. The greedy ghost understands profit all right. But that's all. What he doesn't... Philip Pullman
Randolph," he said, "do you know something? I'm very happy." To which his friend made no reply. The reason for this happiness seemed to be simply that he did not feel unhappy; rather, he knew all through him a kind of balance. There was little for him to cope with. Truman Capote
But you were a goody-goody, you said.' 'Even goody-goodies think about such things. In fact, I would say that's what defines us. We're always thinking about the things we don't dare do, figuring out where the lines are drawn, so we can go right up to the edge of things, then plead innocence on the ground of a technicality. Laura Lippman
What I'm going to tell you now," he said, "may sound incredible. But then, when you're not accustomed to history, most facts about the past DO seem incredible. Aldous Huxley
Sylvia Plath quote: "I know the bottom, she says. I know it with my great tap root:..."
I know the bottom, she says. I know it with my great tap root: It is what you fear. I do not fear it: I have been there. Sylvia Plath
Getting fired,’ Tyler says, ‘is the best thing that could happen to any of us. That way, we’d quit treading water and do something with our lives. Chuck Palahniuk
Anna Akhmatova quote: "You do not know just what you've been forgiven."
You do not know just what you've been forgiven. Anna Akhmatova
Joseph Conrad quote: "I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you'll..."
I am afraid that if you want to go down into history you'll have to do something for it. Joseph Conrad
Dave Mustaine quote: "It wasn't enough for Megadeth to do well; I wanted Metallica..."
It wasn't enough for Megadeth to do well; I wanted Metallica to fail. Dave Mustaine
Instead of answering, Will took a step toward her, and all at once, everything happened too quickly to even make sense of it. One second he was standing three feet away from her, and in the next he had a hand on her hip and was pulling her close. Leaning in, he kissed her. His lips were soft soft, and he was suprisingly gentle. Maybe it was simply that he'd caught her by surprise, but even so, she found herself kissing him back. The kiss didn't last long, and it wasn't the kind of... Nicholas Sparks
It sort of floated toward me,” said Ron, illustrating the movement with his free index finger, “right to my chest, and then — it just went straight through. It was here,” he touched a point close to his heart, “I could feel it, it was hot. And once it was inside me I knew what I was supposed to do, I knew it would take me where I needed to go. So I Disapparated and came out on the side of a hill. There was snow everywhere. . . . J. K. Rowling

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