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Identity. That's my elephant. The thought came with certainty, without the question mark on the end this time. Not fame, exactly, though recognition was some kind of important cement for it. But what you were was what you did. And I did more, oh yes. If a hunger for identity were translated into, say, a hunger for food, he'd be a more fantastic glutton than Mark ever dreamed of being. Is it irrational, to want to be so much, to want so hard it hurts? And how much, then, was enough? Lois McMaster Bujold
Nicholas Sparks quote: "I knew even then how rare that kind of love is. Only the..."
I knew even then how rare that kind of love is. Only the luckiest people get to experience it at all. Nicholas Sparks
If facts, logic, and scientific procedures are all just arbitrarily "socially constructed" notions, then all that is left is consensus--more specifically peer consensus, the kind of consensus that matters to adolescents or to many among the intelligentsia. Thomas Sowell
Leonard Cohen quote: "If you want a lover. I'll do anything you ask me to. And if..."
If you want a lover. I'll do anything you ask me to. And if you want another kind of love. I'll wear a mask for you. Leonard Cohen
One passes through the world knowing few, if any, of the important things about even the people with whom one has been from time to time in the closest intimacy. - The Kindly Ones Anthony Powell
Milan Kundera quote: "All of man's life among his kind is nothing other than a..."
All of man's life among his kind is nothing other than a battle to seize the ear of others. Milan Kundera
My first meeting with you only confirmed what I first suspected. You are a fraud, a charlatan and a shyster. My favourite kind of person, in fact. Stephen Fry
Diana Wynne Jones quote: "Do you mind not being so kind and obedient? It makes me nervous."
Do you mind not being so kind and obedient? It makes me nervous. Diana Wynne Jones
It is easy to sympathize at a distance,' said an old gentleman with a beard. 'I value more the kind word that is spoken close to my ear. E. M. Forster
These countries formally achieved independence , but they didn't achieve real freedom, since freedom of any kind is primarily spiritual. the independence of a people which has not first won this is soon reduced to an anthem and a flag , two very minor factors for true independence Alija Izetbegovic
... depict your sorrows and desires, your passing thoughts and beliefs in some kind of beauty- depict all that with heartfelt, quiet, humble sincerity and use to express yourself the things that surround you, the images of your dreams and the objects of your memory. If your everyday life seems poor to you, do not accuse it; accuse yourself, tell yourself you are not poet enough to summon up its riches; since for the creator there is no poverty and no poor or unimportant place. Rainer Maria Rilke
When occasions present themselves in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed to be the guardians of those interests to withstand the temporary delusion in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection. Instances might be cited in which a conduct of this kind has saved the people from very fatal consequences of their own mistakes, and has procured lasting monuments of their... Alexander Hamilton
Suzanne Collins quote: "I thought I was something of an expert on hunger, but this is..."
I thought I was something of an expert on hunger, but this is an entirely new kind. Suzanne Collins
The usual for me." The usual was a strong infusion of different kinds of Oriental teas, which raised her spirits after her siesta. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
I had never thought I had much in common with anybody. I had no mother, no father, no roots, no biological similarities called sisters and brothers. And for a future I didn't want a split-level home with a station wagon, pastel refrigerator, and a houseful of blonde children evenly spaced through the years. I didn't want to walk into the pages of McCall's magazine and become the model housewife. I didn't even want a husband or any man for that matter. I wanted to go my own way. That's all I... Rita Mae Brown

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