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What did you see?' he asked then. Nothing,' I told him. 'Because nothing is what you wanted me to see, though the man on the table might disagree. Alice Hoffman
Yet Gregor's sisterwas playing so beautifully. Her face was leant to one side, following the lines of music with a careful and melancholyexpression. Gregor crawled a little further forward, keeping hishead close to the ground so that he could meet her eyes if thechance came. Franz Kafka
The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and science. He who knows it not and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead, a snuffed-out candle. Albert Einstein
I find that the district he named is in the extreme east of the country, just on the borders of three states, Transylvania, Moldavia, and Bukovina, in the midst of the Carpathian mountains; one of the wildest and least known portions of Europe. Bram Stoker
So the day became one of waiting, which was, he knew, a sin: moments were to be experienced; waiting was a sin against both the time that was still to come and the moments one was currently disregarding. Neil Gaiman
Either way... you've got to tell him--in no uncertain terms--to knock it the fuck off already. Don't be measured, don't wrap it up in "I" statements, no mewling about your feelings. Give him both barrels: "If you don't knock it the fuck off... I'm going to kick your ass out, got it?" A strategic blowup or two should occur--scream, yell, smash a few things you're not all that attached to--when he slips up. Repeat until his attitude changes or his address does. Dan Savage
Savages!' he echoed, ironically. 'You set foot on one of the shores of this globe, professor, and you’re surprised to find savages? Where aren’t there savages? Besides, are they any worse than others, these whom you call savages? Jules Verne
But this road doesn't go anywhere," I told him. That doesn't matter."What does?" I asked, after a little while. Just that we're on it, dude," he said. Bret Easton Ellis
Yet, after all, insensible as he is to a thousand wants, and removed from harassing cares, my not the savage be the happier man..? Herman Melville
The brevity of his life makes the sky a dark lid against which he will forever crack his head, to fall back onto earth, where everything alive eats and can be eaten. Milan Kundera
It surprised him that she was the one who looked stricken with fear, as if she were a prisoner in the passenger seat and saw the fast-approaching collision seconds before the drive could react to it. Bonnie pinched her lower lip with her teeth and stared at Jack as if she were transfixed--as if he were the upcoming accident, and, even though she saw him coming, she couldn't turn away. John Irving
Ovid quote: "Qui non est hodie eras minus aptus erit. He who is not..."
Qui non est hodie eras minus aptus erit. He who is not prepared today will be less so tomorrow. Ovid
The Poet is a kinsman in the clouds. Who scoffs at archers, loves a stormy day; But on the ground, among the hooting crowds, He cannot walk, his wings are in the way. Charles Baudelaire
C. S. Lewis quote: "I don't want him to live forever, and I know that he's not..."
I don't want him to live forever, and I know that he's not going to live forever whether I want him to or not. C. S. Lewis
Mark Twain quote: "Each man's preference is the only standard for him, the only..."
Each man's preference is the only standard for him, the only one which he can accept, the only one which can command him. Mark Twain

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