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The reality is that dying isn’t bad, but it takes forever. And that forever is no time at all. I know that sounds like a contradiction, or maybe just wordplay. What it really is, it turns out, is a matter of perspective. —David Foster Wallace “Good Old Neon” (2004) David Foster Wallace
Oscar Wilde quote: "Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men..."
Women represent the triumph of matter over mind, just as men represent the triumph of mind over morals. Oscar Wilde
George Eliot quote: "College mostly makes people like bladders— just good for..."
College mostly makes people like bladders— just good for nothing but t’ hold the stuff as is poured into ‘em. George Eliot
George R. R. Martin quote: "May the Father judge him justly. Now, there's an awful prospect."
May the Father judge him justly. Now, there's an awful prospect. George R. R. Martin
I never know what to tell them. I mean, there's nothing you can say to make a person stop hurting. Half the time, I just feel like telling them the truth. I'd say that for 3 months, you're going to feel worse than you've ever felt and you cope as best you can. And that after 6 months, the pain isn't so bad, but it still hurts more than you think it will. And even after years, you still find yourself thinking about the person you lost and get sad about it. And you still miss them all the... Nicholas Sparks
Thenardier had just passed his fiftieth birthday; Madame Thenardier was approaching her forties, which is equivalent to fifty in a woman; so that there existed a balance of age between husband and wife. Victor Hugo
Walter Isaacson quote: "In the annals of innovation, new ideas are only part of the..."
In the annals of innovation, new ideas are only part of the equation. Execution is just as important. Walter Isaacson
Sometimes the noes are just as important as the yeses because they represent cul-de-sacs, allowing you to narrow your field of inquiry until you stumble into the heart of the maze. Sue Grafton
Mitch Albom quote: "But hurting ourselves to inflict pain on others is just..."
But hurting ourselves to inflict pain on others is just another cry to be loved. Mitch Albom
Blood City III: The Massacre. I'd read the summary of it online, and frankly, it sounded like the directors had just decided to film my life. James Patterson
I'm giving you my life to prove to myself I can, I really can love somebody. Even when I'm not getting paid, I can give love andhappiness and charm. You see, I can handle the baby food and the not talking and being homeless and invisible, but I have to knowthat I can love somebody. Completely and totally, permanently and without hope of reward, just as an act of will, I will lovesomebody. Chuck Palahniuk
They tended to be stolid, slovenly, heavy, and to my eyes effeminate - not in the sense of delicacy, etc., but in just the opposite sense: a gross, bland fleshiness, a bovinity without point or edge. Ursula K. Le Guin
Steig Larsson quote: "Men who just call to say hello generally have ulterior motives."
Men who just call to say hello generally have ulterior motives. Steig Larsson
It was a day like a slow-motion video of twilight. Uneventful, to put it mildly. The lead gray of the sky mixed ever so slowly with black, finally blending into night. Just another quality of melancholy. As if there were only two colors in the world, gray and black, shifting back and forth at regular intervals. Haruki Murakami
Oh, there spoke the human! He is always pretending that the eternal bliss of heaven is such a priceless boon! Yes, and always keeping out of heaven just as long as he can! At bottom, you see, he is far from being certain about heaven. Mark Twain

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