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Words were no longer simply words, but a curious codes of silence, a way of speaking that continually moved around the thing that was being said. As long as we avoided the real subject, the spell would not broken. We both slipped naturally into this kind of banter, and it became all the more powerful because neither of us abandoned the character. We knew what we were doing, but at the same time we pretended not to. Thus my courtship of Sophie began - slowly, decorously, building by the... Paul Auster
Look, Mr. uh, Wulf I appreciate your trying to warn me about this, Ireally do. But there's no such thing as vampires. They're made-up. We writers made them up. I'm sorry we did such a good job that we made the whole world paranoid, but it's true. They're fictional. Blame Bram Stoker. He started it. Meg Cabot
Andrew Marvell quote: "The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do..."
The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace. Andrew Marvell
But I feel this, Helen: I must dislike those who, whatever I do to please them, persist in disliking me; I must resist those who punish me unjustly. It is as natural as that I should love those who show me affection, or submit to punishment when I feel it is deserved. Charlotte Bronte
When people show you their boundaries ("I can't do this for you") you feel rejected...part of your struggle is to set boundaries to your own love. Only when you are able to set your own boundaries will you be able to acknowledge, respect and even be grateful for the boundaries of others. Henri Nouwen
You are this, which does not satisfy, so you want to be that. If there were an understanding of this, would that come into being? Because you do not understand this, you create that, hoping through that to understand or to escape from this. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Filling a need is not merely good business; it's a basic attitude towards life. If you see a need, do whatever you can to meet that need. George Foreman
Franz Kafka quote: "What am I doing here in this endless winter?"
What am I doing here in this endless winter? Franz Kafka
It is important for this country to make its people so obsessed with their own liberal individualism that they do not have time to think about a world larger than self. Bell Hooks
I understand solidarity in sin among men; solidarity in retribution I also understand; but what solidarity in sin do little children have? ...And if the suffering of children goes to make up the sum of suffering needed to buy truth, then I assert beforehand that the whole of truth is not worth such a price. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Love is such a priceless treasure that you can buy the whole world with it, and redeem not only your own but other people's sins. Go, and do not be afraid. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Jose Saramago quote: "If you don't write your books, nobody else will do it for you...."
If you don't write your books, nobody else will do it for you. No one else has lived your life. Jose Saramago
Fannie Flagg quote: "That's what I'm living on now, honey, dreams, dreams of what I..."
That's what I'm living on now, honey, dreams, dreams of what I used to do. Fannie Flagg
Frances Hodgson Burnett quote: "It's so easy that when you begin you can't stop. you just go..."
It's so easy that when you begin you can't stop. you just go on and on doing it always. - Sara Crewe Frances Hodgson Burnett
But I don't know how much more socializing I can do, Felipe. I only have the one dress. People will start to notice that I'm wearing the same thing all the time." "You're young and beautiful, darling. You only need the one dress Elizabeth Gilbert

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