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Words are like eggs dropped from great heights. You could no more call them back then ignore the mess they left when they fell. Stephen Covey
I shall never have a bath again," I said. "Just dont have one too often," my grandmother said. "Once a month is quite enough for a sensible child." It was at times like these that I loved my grandmother more than ever. Roald Dahl
To be in the weakest camp is to be in the strongest school. Nor can I imagine anything that would do humanity more good than the advent of a race of Supermen, for them to fight like dragons. If the Superman is better than we, of course we need not fight him; but in that case, why not call him a Saint? But if he is merely stronger (whether physically, mentally, or morally stronger, I do not care a farthing), then he ought to have to reckon with us at least for all the strength we have. If we... Gilbert K. Chesterton
Herman Melville quote: "There she blows!-there she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! It..."
There she blows!-there she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! It is Moby Dick! Herman Melville
In this case, consulting the dictionary would simply mean discovering what one already knew, Dictionaries only provide information that is likely to be useful to everyone Jose Saramago
It was one of those pictures that children are supposed to like but don't. Full of endearing little animals doing endearing things, you know? Douglas Adams
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all..."
She held herself very straight, like Audrey Hepburn, whom all women idolize and men never think about. Jeffrey Eugenides
Being a reader is sort of like being president, except reading involves fewer state dinners, usually. You have this agenda you want to get through, but you get distracted by life events, e. g., books arriving in the mail/World War III, and you are temporarily deflected from your chosen path. Nick Hornby
Haruki Murakami quote: "Mediocrity's like a spot on a shirt—it never comes off."
Mediocrity's like a spot on a shirt—it never comes off. Haruki Murakami
I've never been a fan of personality-conflict burgers and identity-crisis omelets with patchouli oil. I function very well on a diet that consists of Chicken Catastrophe and Eggs Overwhelming and a tall, cool Janitor-in-a-Drum. I like to walk out of a restaurant with enough gas to open a Mobil station. Tom Waits
Roger Ebert quote: "Gene Siskel used to describe old-age makeup as making young..."
Gene Siskel used to describe old-age makeup as making young actors look like turtles. Roger Ebert
If thou could'st empty all thyself of self, like to a shell dishabited, then might He find thee on the ocean shelf, and say "This is not dead," and fill thee with Himself instead. But thou art all replete with very thou and hast such shrewd activity, that when He comes He says, "This is enow unto itself-'twere better let it be, it is so small and full, there is no room for Me. Thomas Browne
I mean, what is an un-birthday present?"A present given when it isn't your birthday, of course."Alice considered a little. "I like birthday presents best," she said at last. You don't know what you're talking about!" cried Humpty Dumpty. "How many days are there in a year?"Three hundred and sixty-five," said Alice. And how many birthdays have you?"One. Lewis Carroll
All the stories and descriptions of that time without exception peak only of the patriotism, self-sacrifice, despair, grief, and heroism of the Russians. But in reality it was not like that...The majority of the people paid no attention to the general course of events but were influenced only by their immediate personal interests. Leo Tolstoy
Neil Gaiman quote: "It sounded like a piece of blackboard being dragged over the..."
It sounded like a piece of blackboard being dragged over the nails of a wall of severed fingers. Neil Gaiman

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