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Lives Quotes (page 510)

He had realised that most vital of humanities. he had touched lives. And he had raised three boys that no one had wanted into men. Nora Roberts
But when you have order, you don't need Gods. When everything is well ordered and disciplined then nothing is unexpected. If you understand everything,' I said carefully, 'then there's no room left for magic. It's only when you're lost and frightened and in the dark that you call on the Gods, and they like us to call on them. It makes them feel powerful, and that's why they like us to live in chaos. Bernard Cornwell
Pachelbel’s Canon filled the sun-drowned room where they learned each other and even then the fear flickered across him like an osprey’s shadow: This is too good to live for long. Thomas Harris
As they were falling asleep, Gillian could have sworn she heard Ben say Fate--as if they were meant to be together from the start and every single thing they'd ever done in their lives had been leading to this moment. If you thought that way, you could fall asleep without regret. You could put your whole life in place, with all the sadness and the sorrow, and still feel that at last you had everything you ever wanted. In spite of the lousy odds and all the wrong turns, you might actually... Alice Hoffman
Poetry is the journal of the sea animal living on land, wanting to fly in the air. Poetry is a search for syllables to shoot at the barriers of the unknown and the unknowable. Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away. Carl Sandburg
Jonathan Lethem quote: "I met someone who lives in an elevator."
I met someone who lives in an elevator. Jonathan Lethem
Think of all those ages through which men have had the courage to die, and then remember that we have actually fallen to talking about having the courage to live. Gilbert K. Chesterton
The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves. Lao Tzu
Haruki Murakami quote: "Most people led minimal lives in worlds that had nothing to do..."
Most people led minimal lives in worlds that had nothing to do with richness of perception or spirit. Haruki Murakami
The great challenge of the twenty-first century is to raise people everywhere to a decent standard of living while preserving as much of the rest of life as possible. E. O. Wilson
Franz Kafka quote: "Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man..."
Logic may indeed be unshakeable, but it cannot withstand a man who is determined to live. Franz Kafka
Well . . . I mean . . .” Her eyebrows lifted and she looked at him slyly. “You want to ask me about the fan again?” He grinned. She'd never let him live that down. Nicholas Sparks
The world has been abnormal for so long that we've forgotten what it's like to live in a peaceful and reasonable climate. If there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts and homes. Madeleine L'Engle
If you have regard to your future happiness, any view of living comfortably with a husband, any hope of preserving your fortunes or restoring them after any disaster, never, ladies, marry a fool. Any husband rather than a fool. With some other husband you may be unhappy, but with a fool you will be miserable. Daniel Defoe
We now have a strong desire for living combined with a strange carelessness about dying. We desire life like water and yet are ready to drink death like wine. Gilbert K. Chesterton

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