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Soren Kierkegaard quote: "Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die."
Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die. Soren Kierkegaard
Achilles might be a good papa to the family, but he was also a killer, and he never forgives. Poke knew that, though. Bean warned her, and she knew it, but she chose Achilles for their papa anyway. Chose him and then died for it. She was like that Jesus that Helga preached about in her kitchen while they ate. She died for her people. And Achilles, he was like God. He made people pay for their sins no matter what they did. The important thing is, stay on the good side of God. That's what... Orson Scott Card
Chucking her under the chin, he said, "What are you doing here, honey? You're not even old enough to know how bad life gets." And it was then Cecilia gave orally what was to be her only form of a suicide note, and a useless one at that, because she was going to live: "Obviously, Doctor," she said, "you've never been a thirteen-year-old girl. Jeffrey Eugenides
A consequentialist or utilitarian is likely to approach the abortion question in a very different way, by trying to weigh up suffering. Does the embryo suffer? (Presumably not if it is aborted before it has a nervous system; and even if it is old enough to have a nervous system it surely suffers less than, say, an adult cow in a slaughterhouse.) Does the pregnant woman, or her family, suffer if she does not have an abortion? Very possibly so; and, in any case, given that the embryo lacks a... Richard Dawkins
Dialogue in the works of autobiography is quite naturally viewed with some suspicion. How on earth can the writer remember verbatim conversations that happened fifteen, twenty, fifty years ago? But 'Are you playing, Bob?' is one of only four sentences I have ever uttered to any Arsenal player (for the record the others are 'How's the leg, Bob?' to Bob Wilson, recovering from injury the following season; 'Can I have your autograph, please?' to Charlie George, Pat Rice, Alan Ball and Bertie... Nick Hornby
C. S. Lewis quote: "Another little portion of the human heritage has been quietly..."
Another little portion of the human heritage has been quietly taken from them before they were old enough to understand. C. S. Lewis
Oscar Wilde quote: "Algy, you always adopt a strictly immoral attitude towards..."
Algy, you always adopt a strictly immoral attitude towards life. You are not quite old enough to do that. Oscar Wilde
When you're old enough to write a book for children, by then you'll have become a grown up and have lost all your jokeyness. Unless you're an undeveloped adult and still have an enormous amount of childishness in you. Roald Dahl
That's one of the first things that comes out of young people's mouths when they're in love. FOREVER. And that's cool, it's all good-until you get old enough to realize what forever is. Ice T
What are you doing here, honey? You're not even old enough to know how bad life gets."(...)"Obviously, Doctor," she said, "you've never been a thirteen-year-oldgirl. Jeffrey Eugenides
- What is a Socialist? - That's when all are equal and all have property in common, there are no marriages, and everyone has any religion and laws he likes best. You are not old enough to understand that yet. Fyodor Dostoevsky
William Butler Yeats quote: "I whispered, 'I am too young,' and then, 'I am old enough';..."
I whispered, 'I am too young,' and then, 'I am old enough'; wherefore I threw a penny to find out if I might love. William Butler Yeats
C. S. Lewis quote: "Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales..."
Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. C. S. Lewis
There is an expiry date on blaming your parents for steering you in the wrong direction; the moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you. J. K. Rowling
Don't be in a hurry about finding your work in the world for yourself—you are not old enough to judge for yourself yet; but just look about you in the place you find yourself in, and try to make things a little better and honester there. Thomas Hughes

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