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Goodness Quotes (page 194)

J. K. Rowling quote: "No good sittin' worryin' abou' it," he said. "What's comin'..."
No good sittin' worryin' abou' it," he said. "What's comin' will come, an' we'll meet it when it does. J. K. Rowling
Do you feel, yet, that you belong to this terrestrial scheme again, Mr. Darnay?"I am frightfully confused regarding time and place, but I am so far mended as to feel that."It must be an immense satisfaction!"He said it bitterly, and filled up his glass again: which was a large one."As to me, the greatest desire I have is to forget that I belong to it. It has no good in it for me--except wine like this--nor I for it. So we are not much alike in that particular. Indeed, I begin to think we are... Charles Dickens
Believe in yourself. Believe in your capacity to do great and good things. Believe that no mountain is so high that you cannot climb it. Believe that no storm is so great that you cannot weather it. You are not destined to be a scrub. You are a child of God, of infinite capacity. Believe that you can do it whatever it is that you set your heart on. Opportunities will unfold and open before you. The skies will clear when they have been dark with portent... He who is our Eternal Father... Gordon B. Hinckley
I am a greaser," Sodapop chanted. "I am a JD and a hood. I blacken the name of our fair city. I beat up people. I rob gas stations. I am a menace to society. Man, do I have fun!" "Greaser... greaser... greaser..."Steve singsonged. "O, victim of enviornment, underprivelaged, rotton no-count hood!"Juvenile delinquent, you're no good!" Darry shouted. Get thee hence, white trash," Two-Bit said in asnobbish voice. "I am a Soc. I am the privelaged and the well-dressed. I throw beer blasts, drive... S. E. Hinton
James Patterson quote: "There's nothing more annoying than cold logic and reason when..."
There's nothing more annoying than cold logic and reason when you've got a good fit going. James Patterson
I tell the kids that, even in a childhood marked by despair and deprivation, I knew that no matter what happened, I still had my family, or at least the remnants of a family ripped apart by divorce and then glued back together in various odd arrangements through a series of ill- advised remarriages. It was good to know I had a solid foundation. Bill Bryson
John Steinbeck quote: "When you see good or bad in your children, you're seeing what..."
When you see good or bad in your children, you're seeing what you instilled in them after they cleared the womb. John Steinbeck
A good novel is one that shows the complexity of individuals, and creates enough space for all these characters to have a voice; in this way a novel is called democratic - not that it advocates democracy but that by nature it is so. Empathy lies at the heart of Gatsby, like so many other great novels - the biggest sin is to be blind to others' problems and pains. Not seeing them means denying their existence. Azar Nafisi
To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world. If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral down into ever increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however, requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline and training is all about. James Clavell
Sherman Alexie quote: "When a glass sits on a table here, people don't wonder if it's..."
When a glass sits on a table here, people don't wonder if it's half filled or half empty. They just hope it's good beer. Sherman Alexie
James Patterson quote: "Bombs are good. I love bombs."--Iggy"
Bombs are good. I love bombs."--Iggy James Patterson
Aristotle quote: "he who had never learned to obey cannot be a good commander"
he who had never learned to obey cannot be a good commander Aristotle
Samuel Beckett quote: "That's what hell must be like, small chat to the babbling of..."
That's what hell must be like, small chat to the babbling of Lethe about the good old days when we wished we were dead. Samuel Beckett
The cause of right is never lost, Leal. I've often thought the biggest damned fool in the world could to down in history as a great man if he would just consistently vote for the greatest good of the greatest number - Kilkenny Louis L'Amour
For life today in America is based on the premise of ever-widening circles of contact and communication. It involves not only family demands, but community demands, national demands, international demands on the good citizen, through social and cultural pressures, through newspapers, magazines, radio programs, political drives, charitable appeals, and so on. My mind reels in it, What a circus act we women perform every day of our lives. It puts the trapeze artist to shame. Look at us. We run... Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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