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J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "If this is to be our end, then I would have them make such an..."
If this is to be our end, then I would have them make such an end, as to be worthy of remembrance. J. R. R. Tolkien
In the long run, most of us spend about fifteen minutes total in the entanglements of passion, and the rest of our days looking back on it, humming the tune. Barbara Kingsolver
That Christ's Baptism was not a mere form, but the fulfilling of all righteousness, proves that He descended into the water burdened with our sins. Abraham Kuyper
Will was not without his intentions to be always generous, but our tongues are little triggers which have usually been pulled before general intentions can be brought to bear. George Eliot
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "We've been speaking English as a second language so long that..."
We've been speaking English as a second language so long that we've forgotten it as our first. Chuck Palahniuk
Karl Marx quote: "Private property has made us so stupid and one-sided that an..."
Private property has made us so stupid and one-sided that an object is only ours when we have it. Karl Marx
I believe now that there can be no real sense of loss or seperation withoutthe recognition of death; we were too young to consider any such eventuality, and simply moved on with our lives into some indefinite but illimitable future. Peter Ackroyd
Even in merely reading a fairytale, we must let go our daylight convictions and trust ourselves to be guided by dark figures, in silence; and when we come back, it may be very hard to describe where we have been. Ursula K. Le Guin
Whatever torch we kindle, and whatever space it may illuminate, our horizon will always remain encircled by the depth of night. Arthur Schopenhauer
It is so strange, to encounter an ex. It's as if you're in a foreign film, and what you're saying face-to-face has nothing to do with the subtitles flowing beneath you. We are so careful not to touch, although once upon a time, I slept plastered to him in our bed, like lichen on a rock. We are two strangers who knows every shameful secret, every hidden freckle, every fatal flaw in each other. Jodi Picoult
Tomorrow, sell our camel and buy a horse. Camels are traitorous: they walk thousands of paces and never seem to tire. Then suddenly, they kneel and die. But horses tire bit by bit. You always know how much you know you can ask of them, and when it is that they are about to die. Paulo Coelho
Experience is never at fault; it is only your judgment that is in error, in promising itself such results from experience as are not caused by our experiments. For having given a beginning, what follows from it must necessarily be a natural development of such a beginning, unless it has been subject to a contrary influence, while, if it is affected by any contrary influence, the result which ought to follow from the aforesaid beginning, will be found to partake of this contrary influence in... Leonardo da Vinci
The only religion which is against nature, against common sense and against our pleasures is the only one which has always existed. Blaise Pascal
...all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. Abraham Lincoln
Such movies are always a danger...falling in love is something most adults have actually experienced...The theme is universal and encourages...unhealthy comparisons...why can't our lives be like that? It's a box left unopened, and its avoidance explains the continued popularity of vampire epics and martial-arts extravaganzas. David Sedaris

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