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Voltaire quote: "If God created us in his own image, we have more than..."
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated."(Notebooks) Voltaire
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Nothing is more comical than seriousness understood as a virtue that has to precede all important literature Julio Cortazar
Cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal. William S. Burroughs
Ideas come at any moment -- except when you demand them. Most ideas come while I'm physically active, at the gym, with friends, gardening, so I always carry pen and paper.My first draft is always written in longhand. But once the first dozen chapters, more like short stories, are written, then momentum builds until I can't leave the project until it's done. Chuck Palahniuk
J. K. Rowling quote: "One more lesson like that and I might just do a Weasley."
One more lesson like that and I might just do a Weasley. J. K. Rowling
Bertrand Russell quote: "Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is..."
Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man. Bertrand Russell
Arthur Conan Doyle quote: "Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable..."
Life, it turns out, is infinitely more clever and adaptable than anyone had ever supposed. Arthur Conan Doyle
A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age ... pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. They don't want to be who they are any more. They want out. This list includes Thurston Howell the Third, Ann-Margret, the cat members of Rent, Vclav Havel, space shuttle astronauts and Snuffleupagus. It's universal. Doug Coupland
Loyalty and obedience to wisdom and justice are fine; but it is still finer to defy arbitrary power, unjustly and cruelly used--not on behalf of ourselves, but on behalf of others more helpless. Elizabeth Gaskell
The most exquisite parado? as soon as you give it all up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it. The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamed possible. Ram Dass
Of two hearts one is always warm and one is always cold: the cold heart is more precious than diamonds: the warm heart has no value and is thrown away. Graham Greene
Yet losing him seemed unbearable. He was the one she loved, the one she would always love, and as he leaned in to kiss her, she gave herself over to him. While he held her close, she ran her hands over his shoulders and back, feeling the strength in his arms. She knew he’d wanted more in their relationship than she’d been willing to offer, but here and now, she suddenly knew she had no other choice. There was only this moment, and it was theirs. Nicholas Sparks
She had grown older. And he loved her more now than he had loved her when he understood her better, when she was the product of her parents. What she was now was what she herself had decided to become. Michael Ondaatje
Laurell K. Hamilton quote: "Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more."
Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more. Laurell K. Hamilton
Willie Nelson quote: "There are more old drunks than there are old doctors."
There are more old drunks than there are old doctors. Willie Nelson

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