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Satan always sends error into the world in pairs that are opposites. His great hope is that you will get so upset about one of his errors, that you'll react into the opposite one, and he's got you. C. S. Lewis
The written word is weak. Many people prefer life to it. Life gets your blood going, and it smells good. Writing is mere writing, literature is mere. Annie Dillard
But as he reached the ground and sprinted towards the dais, Lupin grabbed Harry around the chest, holding him back. There's nothing you can do, Harry -'Get him, save him, he's only just gone through!'- it's too late, Harry.'We can still reach him -' Harry struggled hard and viciously, but Lupin would not let go... There's nothing you can do, Harry... nothing... he's gone. J. K. Rowling
You have to start by changing the story you tell yourselfabout getting older... The minute you say to yourself, 'Timeis everything, and I'm going to make sure that time is usedthe way I dream it should be used,' then you've got a wholedifferent story. Diane Sawyer
William Shakespeare quote: "Happy thou art not; for what thou hast not, still thou..."
Happy thou art not; for what thou hast not, still thou strivest to get; and what thou hast, forgettest. William Shakespeare
Writing is too goddamned hard for me to think about a soul in teh world ... I don't think about a soul, but just try to get those goddamned characters to act right. Ernest Gaines
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "And there's no getting around the fact that all life lives at..."
And there's no getting around the fact that all life lives at the expense of another life. Madeleine L'Engle
We are now the proud owners of a white boy. Now we have to shop in the caucasian isle and get sunscreen, mayonaise and mild salsa because the other ones really hawt! George Lopez
Most people go through their whole lives," John went on, "and never have one miracle happen to them. You've had dozens and dozens, and you still want more! It's like God gives you a brownie, I mean a really good brownie, but you can't be content with it. You want the whole pan of brownies. Nobody gets that. Martha Beck
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that,..."
Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more. Robert A. Heinlein
Elvis Presley quote: "If you let your head get too big, it'll break your neck."
If you let your head get too big, it'll break your neck. Elvis Presley
We were outside the world, we didn't even own things -- some clothes. . . . This arrangement resembles the prehistoric way to live, and it therefore feels right to us, because our brains recognize it from 3 millions of years practicing it. In essence our brains grew to their current configuration in response to the realities of that life. So as a result people grow powerfully attached to that kind of life, when they get the chance to live it. It allows you to concentrate your attention on the... Kim Stanley Robinson
Time's passage through the memory is like molten glass that can be opaque or crystalize at any given moment at will: a thousand days are melted into one conversation, one glance, one hurt, and one hurt can be shattered and sprinkled over a thousand days. It is silent and elusive, refusing to be damned and dripped out day by day; it swirls through the mind while an entire lifetime can ride like foam on the deceptive, transparent waves and get sprayed onto the conciousness at ragged, unexpected... Gloria Naylor
Sometimes I didn't even feel like getting out of bed. I took to wearing my days-of-the-week panties out of order. It could be Monday and I'd have on underwear saying Thursday. I just didn't care. Sue Monk Kidd
If you deliver an opinion at all, it is mere stupidity not to do it with an air of conviction and well-founded knowledge. You make it your own in uttering it, and naturally get fond of it. George Eliot

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