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He remained heartbroken, which meant one of two things: either his love was pure and true and earthshakingly significant; or he was addicted to feeling forlorn, he liked being heartbroken. Jeffrey Eugenides
A few moments after he found himself on the stage amid the garish gas and the dim scenery, acting before the innumerable faces of the void. It surprised him to see that the play which he had known at rehearsals for a disjointed lifeless thing had suddenly assumed a life of its own. It seemed now to play itself, he and his fellow actors aiding it with their parts. When the curtain fell on the last scene he heard the void filled with applause and, through a rift in a side scene, saw the simple... James Joyce
THE FOX AND THE CROWA Crow was sitting on a branch of a tree with a piece of cheese in her beak when a Fox observed her and set his wits to work to discover some way of getting the cheese. Coming and standing under the tree he looked up and said, "What a noble bird I see above me! Her beauty is without equal, the hue of her plumage exquisite. If only her voice is as sweet as her looks are fair, she ought without doubt to be Queen of the Birds." The Crow was hugely flattered by this, and just... Aesop
Haruki Murakami quote: "A Russian who uses his imagination is done for. I certainly..."
A Russian who uses his imagination is done for. I certainly never use mine. Haruki Murakami
I didn’t want to invade his privacy; I didn’t want to fight with him; I didn’t want anyone else to ever hurt him. I just wanted him to be a child forever.” She glanced up, crying harder now. “But you can’t do that, if you’re a parent. Because part of your job is letting them grow up. Jodi Picoult
He had never dreamed that the country of which she would make him king (king in name but really a slave) was his own country. C. S. Lewis
You may of course ask whether we really need to refer to "saints". Wouldn't it suffice just to refer to decent people? It is true that they form a minority. More than that, they always will remain a minority. And yet I see therein the very challenge to join the minority. For the world is in a bad state, but everything will become still worse unless each of us does his best. Viktor E. Frankl
Dorothy Dunnett quote: "Go away and bleed to death,’ said his onetime saviour sharply...."
Go away and bleed to death,’ said his onetime saviour sharply. ‘On behalf of the female sex I feel I may cheer every lesion. Dorothy Dunnett
Here is the easiest way to explain the genius of Johnny Cash: Singing from the perspective of a convicted muderer in the song "Folsom Prison Blues,: Cash is struck by pangs of regret when he sits in his cell and hears a distant train whistle. This is because people on that train are "probably drinkin' coffee." And this is also why Cash seems completely credible as a felon: He doesn't want freedom or friendship or Jesus or a new lawyer. He wants coffee. Within the mind of a killer, complex... Chuck Klosterman
Isaac Asimov quote: "There is no Master but the Master,” he said, “and QT-1 is his..."
There is no Master but the Master,” he said, “and QT-1 is his prophet. Isaac Asimov
Man’s responsibility is correspondingly operative with his free agency. Actions in harmony with divine law and the laws of nature will bring happiness, and those in opposition to divine truth, misery. Man is responsible not only for every deed, but also for every idle word and thought. David O. McKay
In summary, she did jump off a cliff, but she wasn't trying to kill herself. Bella's all about the extreme sports these days."I flushed and turned my eyes straight ahead, looking after the dark shadow that I could no longer see. I could imagine what he was hearing in Alice's thoughts now. Near-drowings, stalking vampires, werewolf friends . . ."Hm," Edward said curtly, and the casual tone of his voice was gone. Stephenie Meyer
Mike's eyes narrowed shrewdly. "Don't kid yourself, Bella. The guy's head over heels for you."I know," I sighed. "Life is complicated."And girls are cruel," Mike said under his breath. Stephenie Meyer
Frederick Douglass quote: "The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart"
The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart Frederick Douglass
Daphne du Maurier quote: "And he went on eating his marmalade as though everything were..."
And he went on eating his marmalade as though everything were natural. Daphne du Maurier

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