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Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Even a bad shot is dignified when he accepts a duel."
Even a bad shot is dignified when he accepts a duel. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist. He who would gather immortal palms must not be hindered by the name of goodness, but must explore it if it be goodness. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. Ralph Waldo Emerson
When I consider how my light is spent. Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide. Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent. To serve therewith my Maker, and present. My true account, lest he returning chide,"Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?"I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent. That murmur, soon replies: "God doth not need. Either man's work or his own gifts: who best. Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state. Is... John Milton
There was an old bastard named Lenin. Who did two or three million men in. That's a lot to have done in. But where he did one in. That old bastard Stalin did ten in. Robert Conquest
Anthony Burgess quote: "Each man kills the thing he loves."
Each man kills the thing he loves. Anthony Burgess
Do you believe you can change your destiny?' he (Sajh) said, seeking an answer.Alice found herself nodding. 'Otherwise, what's the point? If we are simply walking a path preordained, then all the experiences that make us who we are - love, grief, joy, learning, changing - would count for nothing. Kate Mosse
It was not going to be the end of the world. Just the end of the Cullens. The end of Edward, the end of me. I preferred it that way? the last part anyway. I would not live without Edward again; if he was leaving this world, then I would be right behind him. Stephenie Meyer
The instructor stared at me with cold, cut-me-no-slack determination, then got into a fighting stance, holding one hand out, beckoning me."I saw that movie too!"I said."It was like the coolest movie of all-"He launched himself at me. That was when his day really went downhill. James Patterson
You're gonna fall now,' I heard Angel say in a normal voice. I swung my head to see gravely watching an Eraser who looked confused, paralyzed. Angel shifted her gaze to the water below. Fear entered the Eraser's eyes, and his wings folded. He dropped like a rock. You're getting scary, you know that?'I said to Angel, not really kidding. I mean, making an Eraser drop right out of the sky just by telling him to - jeez. James Patterson
Gide and I have attained such perfect intellectual communion that I experience the appropriate labor pains for every thought he gives birth to! Susan Sontag
There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die. Hunter S. Thompson
Or if they list to try. Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens. Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move. His laughter at their quaint opinions wide."John Milton, Paradise Lost viii 75-78 John Milton
I was no Cherokee. I was no warrior. I was nobody special. I was just a girl, scared and angry. When I saw myself in Daddy Glen's eyes, I wanted to die. No, I wanted to be already dead, cold and gone. Everything felt hopeless. He looked at me and I was ashamed of myself. It was like sliding down an endless hole, seeing myself at the bottom, dirty, ragged, poor, stupid. Dorothy Allison
Carrie Fisher quote: "We live in America,' he said. 'Everyone who speaks English..."
We live in America,' he said. 'Everyone who speaks English understands you. How they interpret you is something else. Carrie Fisher
Trials are medicines which our gracious and wise Physician prescribes because we need them; and he proportions the frequency and weight of them to what the case requires. Let us trust his skill and thank him for his prescription. Isaac Newton

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