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Barbara Kingsolver quote: "Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us..."
Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us don't; but we wear it all the same Barbara Kingsolver
Eric Hoffer quote: "It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to..."
It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible. Eric Hoffer
Jodi Picoult quote: "You will ask yourself How come; you will ask yourself What if."
You will ask yourself How come; you will ask yourself What if. Jodi Picoult
She would wonder what had hurt her when she found her face wet with tears, and then would wonder how she could have been hurt without knowing it. George MacDonald
At the beginning of human history, as we struggled to light fires and to chisel fallen trees into rudimentary canoes, who could have predicted that long after we had managed to send men to the moon and areoplanes to Australasia, we would still have such trouble knowing how to tolerate ourselves, forgive our loved ones, and apologise for our tantrums? Alain de Botton
There was a time when I didn’t at any minute have the slightest idea how I could reach the next one. Yes, one can wage war in this world, ape love, torture one’s fellow man, or merely say evil of one’s neighbour while knitting. But, in certain cases, carrying on, merely continuing, is superhuman. Albert Camus
We live by action—by acting on desire. Those of us who don't know how to want—whether geniuses or beggars—are related by impotence. Fernando Pessoa
Mary Higgins Clark quote: "Funny, when you finally faced reality, it was amazing how..."
Funny, when you finally faced reality, it was amazing how clearly you could see things. Mary Higgins Clark
My teachings are easy to understand and easy to put into practice. Yet your intellect will never grasp them, and if you try to practice them, you'll fail. My teachings are older than the world. How can you grasp their meaning? If you want to know me, Look inside your heart. Lao Tzu
There is a certain unique and strange delight about walking down an empty street alone. There is an off-focus light cast by the moon, and the streetlights are part of the spotlight apparatus on a bare stage set up for you to walk through. You get a feeling of being listened to, so you talk aloud, softly, to see how it sounds. Sylvia Plath
...I just want to be free of the fears and anxieties and the superstitions of religion. An 'avenging GOD'? One who created Hell for those who don't believe? I thought we were the perfect and holy children of GOD? How could any limits possibly be put upon us? Hell.. really? I'm sorry, but... no. Wrong. You're wrong. That's an insane GOD and therefore not mine. Because, see, GOD would be very sane, don't you get it? Bill Hicks
But I cannot tell that to this old sinner, and I cannot comfort him either; he has made himself unable to hear my voice. If I spoke to him, he would hear only growlings and roarings. Oh, Adam's son, how cleverly you defend yourself against all that might do you good! C. S. Lewis
Charlaine Harris quote: "But in my book, it was basically bad taste to stare at..."
But in my book, it was basically bad taste to stare at someone's assets, no matter how much on display they were. Charlaine Harris
Remember, he is not, like you, a pure spirit. Never having been a human (Oh that abominable advantage of the Enemy's) you don't realize how enslaved they are to the pressure of the ordinary. C. S. Lewis
And as he plucked his cursed steel away, Mark how the blood of Caesar followed it, As rushing out of doors, to be resolved. If Brutus unkindly knocked or no. William Shakespeare

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