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He leans over and takes her hand. With the other he touches her face. ‘You your best thing, Sethe. You are.’ His holding fingers are holding hers. ‘Me? Me? Toni Morrison
Rincewind tried to force the memory out of his mind, but it was rather enjoying itself there, terrorizing the other occupants and kicking over the furniture. Terry Prachett
John Berger quote: "To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked..."
To be naked is to be oneself. To be nude is to be seen naked by others and yet not recognised for oneself. John Berger
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "People don't save other people. People save themselves."
People don't save other people. People save themselves. Jeffrey Eugenides
If we reason that we want happiness for others, not for ourselves, then we ought justly to be suspected of failing to recognize human nature for what it is and of wishing to turn men into machines. Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
Francois de La Rochefoucauld quote: "We become so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that..."
We become so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that at last we are disguised to ourselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The celebrity syndrome. When people forget who they are and start to believe what other people say about them. The Superclass, everyone's dream, a world without shadows or darkness, where yes is the only possible answer to any request. Paulo Coelho
To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone betrays you once, it is his fault; if he betrays you twice, it is your fault. Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. He who loses money, loses much; he who loses a friend, loses much more; he who loses faith, loses all. Eleanor Roosevelt
Oh, well,' Mrs. Zender continued, 'Mother always said that Mr. Zender had other talents. He was good looking, and I think Mother put looking good right up there with the harpsichord, an instrument that has limited performance time and requires a great deal of maintenance. E. L. Konigsburg
Logical thinking keeps you from wasting time worrying, or hoping. It prevents disappointment. Imagination, on the other hand, only gets you hyped up over things that will never realistically happen. Jodi Picoult
And when they found our shadows. Grouped around the TV sets. They ran down every lead. They repeated every test. They checked out all the data on their lists. And then the alien anthropologists. Admitted they were still perplexed. But on eliminating every other reason. For our sad demise. They logged the only explanation left. This species has amused itself to death Roger Waters
Bill Watterson quote: "Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look..."
Of course, REAL zombies never get the giggles when they look at each other... Bill Watterson
Elizabeth found that nothing was beneath this great lady's attention, which could furnish her with an occasion of dictating to others. Jane Austen
All the evils that men cause to each other because of certain desires, or opinions or religious principles, are rooted in ignorance. [All hatred would come to an end] when the earth was flooded with the knowledge of God. Maimonides
He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest. While he gropingly forms his own life in the frail image of a true existence, he should never forget its frailty, nor how little the image is a substitute for true life. Against suchawareness, however, pulls the momentum of the bourgeois within him. Theodor Adorno

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