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Edgar Allan Poe quote: "Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear."
Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear. Edgar Allan Poe
The indispensability of reason does not imply that individual people are always rational or are unswayed by passion and illusion. It only means that people are capable of reason, and that a community of people who choose to perfect this faculty and to exercise it openly and fairly can collectively reason their way to sounder conclusions in the long run. As Lincoln observed, you can fool all of the people some of the time, and you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can't fool... Steven Pinker
Would it be possible for me to see something from up there?" asked Milo politely."You could," said Alec, "but only if you try very hard to look at things as an adult does."Milo tried as hard as he could, and, as he did, his feet floated slowly off the ground until he was standing in the air next to Alex Bings. He looked around very quickly and, an instant later, crashed back down to the earth again."Interesting, wasn't it?" asked Alex."Yes, it was," agreed Milo, rubbing his head and dusting... Norton Juster
If I commit suicide, it will not be to destroy myself, but to put myself back together again. Suicide will be for me only one means of violently reconquering myself, of brutally invading my being, of anticipating the unpredictable approaches of God. By suicide, I reintroduce my design in nature, I shall for the first time give things the shape of my will. Antonin Artaud
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "The only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really..."
The only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage. Chuck Palahniuk
Tom said to himself that it was not such a hollow world, after all. He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it -- namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain. Mark Twain
All his life he tried to be a good person. Many times, however, he failed. For after all, he was only human. He wasn't a dog. Charles M. Schulz
Oscar Wilde quote: "Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am..."
Youth is the only thing worth having. When I find that I am growing old, I shall kill myself. Oscar Wilde
Agatha Christie quote: "Youth is a failing only tooeasily outgrown."
Youth is a failing only tooeasily outgrown. Agatha Christie
Adults had the notion that juveniles needed to suffer. Only when they had suffered enough to wipe out most of their naturally joyous spirits and innocence were they staid enough to be considered mature. An adult was essentially a broken-down child. Piers Anthony
Marcel Proust quote: "We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full."
We are healed of a suffering only by experiencing it to the full. Marcel Proust
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do..."
It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything. Chuck Palahniuk
Oscar Wilde quote: "The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion..."
The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer. Oscar Wilde
My nightly craft is winged in white, a dragon of night dark sea. Swift born, dream bound and rudderless, her captain and crew are me. We've sailed a hundred sleeping tides where no seaman's ever been. And only my white-winged craft and I know the wonders we have seen. Anne McCaffrey
The only historian capable of fanning the spark of hope in the past is the one who is firmly convinced that even the dead will not be safe from the enemy if he is victorious. Walter Benjamin

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