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Charles M. Schulz quote: "What's the good of living if you don't try a few things?"
What's the good of living if you don't try a few things? Charles M. Schulz
We disliked the rigours of existence, the unfulfilled longings, the enshrined injustices of the world, the labyrinths of love, the ignorance of parents, the fact of dying, and the amazing indifference of the Living in the midst of the simple beauties of the universe. We feared the heartlessness of human beings, all of whom are born blind, few of whom ever learn to see. Ben Okri
James Joyce quote: "Thus the unfacts, did we possess them, are too imprecisely few..."
Thus the unfacts, did we possess them, are too imprecisely few to warrant our certitude... James Joyce
But if thought is to become the possession of many, not the privilege of the few, we must have done with fear. It is fear that holds men back? fear lest their cherished beliefs should prove delusions, fear lest the institutions by which they live should prove harmful, fear lest they themselves should prove less worthy of respect than they have supposed themselves to be. Bertrand Russell
And what is literature, Rabo," he said, "but an insider's newsletter about affairs relating to molecules, of no importance to anything in the universe but a few molecules who have the disease called 'thought'. Kurt Vonnegut
Ursula K. Le Guin quote: "There were actually very few men who could face reality when..."
There were actually very few men who could face reality when the going got tough. Ursula K. Le Guin
It was only in the first few years that she felt herself screaming silently, at times, for a glimpse of human ability, a single glimpse of clean, hard, radiant competence. She had fits of tortured longing for a friend or enemy with a mind better than her own. Ayn Rand
They entered Pennsylvania and the road grew smooth for a few hundred yards, like a good intention, before settling back to the old scabby, stippled surface. Anne Tyler
Bill Watterson quote: "I'm a man of few words."If you read more, you might have a..."
I'm a man of few words."If you read more, you might have a larger vocabulary. Bill Watterson
What do you think dignity's all about?' The directness of the inquiry did, I admit, take me rather by surprise. 'It's rather a hard thing to explain in a few words, sir,' I said. 'But I suspect it comes down to not removing one's clothing in public. Kazuo Ishiguro
The sun is a hammer. I can feel one side of my face start to cook. The blue sky is glossy and fat with heat, a few thin cirri sheared to blown strands like hair at the rims. David Foster Wallace
Ozzy Osbourne quote: "Still, one of the few good things about being dyslexic is that..."
Still, one of the few good things about being dyslexic is that when I say I don’t read reviews, I mean I don’t read reviews. Ozzy Osbourne
George Orwell quote: "I have the most evil memories of Spain, but I have very few..."
I have the most evil memories of Spain, but I have very few bad memories of Spaniards. George Orwell
A man's needs are few. The simpler the life, therefore, the better. Indeed, only three things are truly necessary in order to make life happy: the blessing of God, the benefit of books, and the benevolence of friends. Thomas Chalmers
If you want a couple of weeks in bed (as I did, bi-annually), and if you have indolent and credulous parents, it’s amazing what a few packs of French cigarettes will do. Martin Amis

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