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Israel Zangwill quote: "The cold cut like a many bladed knife"
The cold cut like a many bladed knife Israel Zangwill
Dashiell Hammett quote: "He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him..."
He felt like somebody had taken the lid off life and let him see the works. Dashiell Hammett
We must both, I'm afraid, recognize that, as we grow older, we become like old cars-more and more repairs and replacements are necessary. We must just look forward to the fine new machines (latest Resurrection model) which are waiting for us, we hope, in the Divine garage. C. S. Lewis
It had formerly been my endeavor to study all sides of his character: to take the bad with the good; and from the just weighing of both, to form an equitable judgment. Now I saw no bad. The sarcasm that had repelled, the harshness that had startled me once, were only like keen condiments in a choice dish: their presence was pungent, but their absence would be felt as comparatively insipid. Charlotte Bronte
Trying to control the future is like trying to take the master carpenter's place. When you handle the master carpenter's tools, chances are that you'll cut your hand. Lao Tzu
...Wherever we go we carry this burden of our personal consciousness and wherever we step we open it out over our heads like a great baleful cotton umbrella to obstruct the prospect and obscure the light of heaven. Henry James
C. S. Lewis quote: "Did I hate him, then? Indeed, I believe so. A love like that..."
Did I hate him, then? Indeed, I believe so. A love like that can grow to be nine-tenths hatred and still call itself love. C. S. Lewis
Hair like steel wool grew far back on his head and gave him a domed brown forehead that might at careless glance seemed a dwelling place for brains. Raymond Chandler
E. M. Forster quote: "It happened like this, if it happened at all. I would rather..."
It happened like this, if it happened at all. I would rather go up to heaven by myself than be pushed by cherubs. E. M. Forster
Charlaine Harris quote: "Eric: ''What part do you like best?'' Sookie: ''oh your butt''..."
Eric: ''What part do you like best?'' Sookie: ''oh your butt'' Eric: ''My...Bottom?'' Sookie: ''yep Charlaine Harris
I tis hopeless to try to convert some borders into seams. Expressways and their ramps are examples. Moreover, even in the case of large parks, campuses or waterfronts, the barrier effects can likely be overcome well only along portions of perimeters. Jane Jacobs
My,' she said. 'We're lucky that you found the place.'We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood. There was wood everywhere in that apartment to knock on too. Ernest Hemingway
For this reason the gravest question before the Church is always God Himself, and the most portentous fact about any man is not what he at a given time may say or do, but what he is his deep heart conceives God to be like. Aiden Wilson Tozer
Malcolm Lowry quote: "For a time they confronted each other like two mute unspeaking..."
For a time they confronted each other like two mute unspeaking forts. Malcolm Lowry
One cannot escape dogmas—those who hold most firmly to dogmas today are those whose only dogma is that dogmas should be feared like the plague. Sigrid Undset

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