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Jodi Picoult quote: "I shouldn't have eavesdropped, but sometimes, that's the only..."
I shouldn't have eavesdropped, but sometimes, that's the only way to find out the truth. Jodi Picoult
TYRONE[Stares at him -- impressed.]Yes, there's the makings of a poet in you all right.[Then protesting uneasily]But that's morbid craziness about not being wanted and loving death. EDMUND[Sardonically]The makings of a poet. No, I'm afraid I'm like the guy who is always panhandling for a smoke. He hasn't even got the makings. He's got only the habit. I couldn't touch what I tried to tell you just now. I just stammered. That's the best I'll ever do, I mean, if I live. Well, it will be faithful... Eugene O'Neill
Fool!" cried the hunchback. "You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is 'Never get involved in a land war in Asia,' but only slightly less well known is this: 'Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line. William Goldman
It is not true that the legislator has absolute power over our persons and property. The existence of persons and property preceded the existence of the legislator, and his function is only to guarantee their safety. Frederic Bastiat
Jose Saramago quote: "As so often happens, the thing left undone tires you most of..."
As so often happens, the thing left undone tires you most of all, you only feel rested when it has been accomplished. Jose Saramago
I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good. Douglas Adams
Dear Die-ary, I stared, motionless, before the mirror. As always, I stayed until I'm convinced that there is no glass, nothing, separating me from the room I see on the other side. I imagine that everything is different over there. Better. There are people, in that world, who I would like. But, like always, my hand hits the glass. I know that if I'd only waited just one more second... Shit. I'm gonna go kill a party clown. Jhonen Vasquez
Our prayer must not be self-centered. It must arise not only because we feel our own need as a burden we must lay upon God, but also because we are so bound up in love for our fellow men that we feel their need as acutely as our own. To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them. John Calvin
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music."
The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music. Kurt Vonnegut
Science is the only news. When you scan a news portal or magazine, all the human interest stuff is the same old he-said-she-said, the politics and economics the same cyclical dramas, the fashions a pathetic illusion of newness; even the technology is predictable if you know the science behind it. Human nature doesn't change much; science does, and the change accrues, altering the world irreversibly Stewart Brand
Miss Chancellor would have been much happier if the movements she was interested in could have been carried on only by people she liked, and if revolutions, somehow, didn't always have to begin with one's self--with internal convulsions, sacrifices, executions. Henry James
He may be a very nice man. But I haven't got the time to figure that out. All I know is, he's got a uniform and a gun and I have to relate to him that way. That's the only way to relate to him because one of us may have to die. James Baldwin
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "In my opinion, mountains don't move. They only look changed..."
In my opinion, mountains don't move. They only look changed when you look down on them from a greaty height. Barbara Kingsolver
Sting quote: "Men go crazy in congregation. They only get better one by one."
Men go crazy in congregation. They only get better one by one. Sting
Alan Dean Foster quote: "Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." (Ellen Ripley)"
Nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." (Ellen Ripley) Alan Dean Foster

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