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Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "There is only one thing which is generally safe from..."
There is only one thing which is generally safe from plagiarism -- self-denial. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Simone de Beauvoir quote: "Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been..."
Capabilities are clearly manifested only when they have been realized. Simone de Beauvoir
Personally, I prefer Stevie Wonder," confessed the Chink, "but what the hell. Those cowgirls are always bitching because the only radio station in the area plays nothing but polkas, but I say you can dance to anything if you really feel like dancing." To prove it, he got up and danced to the news. Tom Robbins
To be a god can ultimately become boring and degrading. There'd be reason enough for the invention of free will! A god might wish to escape into sleep and be alive only in the unconscious projections of his dream-creatures. Frank Herbert
Jodi Picoult quote: "An item that looks perfectly normal on the surface might only..."
An item that looks perfectly normal on the surface might only be disguised. Jodi Picoult
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "She is a great gobbler of books, but reads only trash,..."
She is a great gobbler of books, but reads only trash, memorizing nothing and leaving out the longer descriptions. Vladimir Nabokov
...but it is good to be several floors up in the dead of night wondering whether you are any good or not and the only decision you can make is that you did it... Frank O'Hara
I heard of a manwho says words so beautifullythat if he only speaks their namewomen give themselves to him. If I am dumb beside your bodywhile silence blossoms like tumors on our lipsit is because I hear a man climb stairsand clear his throat outside our door. Leonard Cohen
Pope John Paul II quote: "Truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself."
Truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself. Pope John Paul II
The night sky is only a sort of carbon paper, Blueblack, with the much-poked periods of stars. Letting in the light, peephole after peephole--- A bonewhite light, like death, behind all things. Sylvia Plath
And what does it mean -- dying? Perhaps man has a hundred senses, and only the five we know are lost at death, while the other ninety-five remain alive. Anton Chekhov
(I) only write it now because I have grown to believe that there is no dangerous idea, which does not become less dangerous when written out in sincere and careful English. ("The Adoration of The Magi") William Butler Yeats
Our age not only does not have a very sharp eye for the almost imperceptible intrusions of grace, it no longer has much feeling for the nature of the violences which precede and follow them. Flannery O'Connor
I only hope, for the sake of the rising male sex generally, that you may be found in as vulnerable and soft-hearted a mood by the first eligible young fellow who appeals to your compassion. Charles Dickens
To exist in this vast universe for a speck of time is the great gift of life. Our tiny sliver of time is our gift of life. It is our only life. The universe will go on, indifferent to our brief existence, but while we are here we touch not just part of that vastness, but also the lives around us. Life is the gift each of us has been given. Each life is our own and no one else's. It is precious beyond all counting. It is the greatest value we can have. Cherish it for what it truly is..... ... Terry Goodkind

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