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Her own body was such a familiar and unremarkable thing to her that she was puzzled by the convulsive ecstasy men could take from it, by the intense and amusing need they had merely to touch it, to reach out urgently and press it, squeeze it, pinch it, rub it. She did not understand Yossarian's lust; but she was willing to take is word for it. Joseph Heller
My new favorite word is 'awkward.'...The reason we need to be in search of awkward is that awkward is the barrier between us and excellence, between where we are and the remarkable. If it were easy, everyone would have done it already, and it wouldn't be worth the effort. Seth Godin
- Is recycling to do with global warming? - Need you ask? - Well, I only ask because we've been recycling for twenty years or so, and no one was talking about global warming back then. Julian Barnes
Just as a man does not desire food until he is hungry, so does he not desire the salvation of Christ until he knows why he needs Christ. Ezra Taft Benson
Seth Godin quote: "Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you..."
Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don't need to escape from. Seth Godin
You need to see things, REALLY see them, feel them, live them, so you know what’s big and what’s little, what matters and what to put aside. Miley Cyrus
When you gone to get married? You need to have some babies. It’ll settle you.' 'I don’t want to make somebody else. I want to make myself. Toni Morrison
John Kenneth Galbraith quote: "Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving..."
Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving there is no need to do so, most people get busy on the proof. John Kenneth Galbraith
When Mr. Aching had worked for the old Baron, they had, as men of the world, reached a sensible arrangement, which was that Mr. Aching would do whatever the Baron asked him to do. Provided the Baron asked Mr. Aching to do what Mr. Aching wanted to do and it needed to be done. Terry Prachett
Curtis Mayfield quote: "Could live with you in solitude and need no one else. Give me..."
Could live with you in solitude and need no one else. Give me your love. Curtis Mayfield
Read. Read anything. Read the things they say are good for you, and the things they claim are junk. You'll find what you need to find. Just read. Neil Gaiman
I keep thinking of the gifts of my own upbringing, which I once took for granted: I can read any book I choose and comprehend it. I can write a complete sentence and punctuate it correctly. If I need help, I can call on judges, attorneys, educators, ministers. I wonder what I would be like if I had grown up without such protections and supports. What cracks would have turned up in my character? Helen Prejean
He refused tea, but Mrs. Crowley poured out a cup and handed it to him. 'You need not drink it, but I insist on your hoding it in your hand. I hat people who habitually deny themselves things. W. Somerset Maugham
Here are the shadows left behind by a thousand moments, a thousand moods, of needs traced here on the wall by men who are gone. Here is the record of their being here. Chuck Palahniuk
Shit is a more onerous theological problem than is evil. Since God gave man freedom, we can, if need be, accept the idea that He is not responsible for man's crimes. The responsibility for shit, however, rests entirely with Him, the Creator of Man. Milan Kundera

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