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Nicholas Sparks quote: "Does trust have to be earned. Or is it simply a matter of faith?"
Does trust have to be earned. Or is it simply a matter of faith? Nicholas Sparks
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have..."
Let others pride themselves about how many pages they have written; I'd rather boast about the ones I've read. Jorge Luis Borges
Paul Valery quote: "Degas is one of the very few painters who have given the floor..."
Degas is one of the very few painters who have given the floor its true importance. Paul Valery
Leonardo da Vinci quote: "One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of..."
One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself. Leonardo da Vinci
On Titan the molecules that have been raining down like manna from heaven for the last 4 billion years might still be there largely unaltered deep-frozen awaiting the chemists from Earth Carl Sagan
The media are desperately afraid of being accused of bias. And that's partly because there's a whole machine out there, an organized attempt to accuse them of bias whenever they say anything that the Right doesn't like. So rather than really try to report things objectively, they settle for being even-handed, which is not the same thing. One of my lines in a column—in which a number of people thought I was insulting them personally—was that if Bush said the Earth was flat, the mainstream... Paul Krugman
She wore a loose bathrobe that covered up a body that would have won first prize in a beauty contest for cement blocks.....She had a voice that made pearl harbour sound like a lullaby. Richard Brautigan
How could you receive a member of the Male Sex in your bedroom, and in your dressing gown? Sir, I must request you to leave immediately1 You don't mean to tell me that's a dressing gown? interrupted Mr Carlton, a dangerous gleam in his eyes. Well, it's by far the most elegant one I've ever been priviledged to see, and I suppose I must have seen scores of 'em in my time-paid for them too! Georgette Heyer
Cecil B. DeMille quote: "Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but..."
Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back. Cecil B. DeMille
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Your goodness must have some edge to it -- else it is none."
Your goodness must have some edge to it -- else it is none. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can bend space and time. Terry Prachett
Personally, I am a hedonistic reader; I have never read a book merely because it was ancient. I read books for the aesthetic emotions they offer me, and I ignore the commentaries and criticism. Jorge Luis Borges
I live my life in widening circle. That reach out across the world. I may not ever complete the last one, But I give myself to it. I circle around God, that primordial tower. I have been circling for thousands of years, And I still don't know: am I a falcon, A storm, or a great song? [I, 2] Rainer Maria Rilke
Christ. No, not Christ. These leavings were made in propitiation of a much older God than the Christian one. People have called Him different things at different times, but Rachel’s sister gave Him a perfectly good name, I think: Oz the Gweat and Tewwible, God of dead things left in the ground, God of rotting flowers in drainage ditches, God of the Mystery. Stephen King
Men will trust in God no further than they know Him; and they cannot be in the exercise of faith in Him one ace further than they have a sight of His fulness and faithfulness in exercise. Jonathan Edwards

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