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You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to the land of the Munchkins. We are so grateful to you for having killed the Wicked Witch of the East, and for setting our people free from bondage. L. Frank Baum
I know what it's like when people go away. It's agony for a week, then painful for a week, then you begin to forget, and then it seems as it never happened, it happened to someone else, and you start shrugging. You say, dingo, it's life, that's the way the things are. Stupid things like that. As if you haven't really lost something for ever. John Fowles
A reliable way of making people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Daniel Kahneman
Evelyn Waugh quote: "I know very few young people, but it seems to me that they are..."
I know very few young people, but it seems to me that they are all possessed with an almost fatal hunger for permanence. Evelyn Waugh
Personally, I'd rather grow old alone than in the company of anyone I've met so far. I don't experience myself as lonely, incomplete, or unfulfilled, but I don't talk about that much. It seems to piss people off--especially men. (Kinsey Millhone) Sue Grafton
Cormac McCarthy quote: "I think sometimes people would rather have a bad answer about..."
I think sometimes people would rather have a bad answer about things than no answer at all. Cormac McCarthy
..and better still to be alone with one's books. They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hear them. But when you're talking to people, they say some things that are so strange that you don't know how to continue the conversation. Paulo Coelho
I think people are often quite unaware of their inner selves, their other selves, their imaginative selves, the selves that aren’t on show in the world. It’s something you grow out of from childhood onwards, losing possession of yourself, really. I think literature is one of the best ways back into that. You are hypnotized as soon as you get into a book that particularly works for you, whether it’s fiction or a poem. You find that your defenses drop, and as soon as that happens, an... Jeanette Winterson
J. K. Rowling quote: "Well, [bad] times like that bring out the best in some people..."
Well, [bad] times like that bring out the best in some people and the worst in others. J. K. Rowling
David Sedaris quote: "Speed eliminates all doubt. Am I smart enough? Will people..."
Speed eliminates all doubt. Am I smart enough? Will people like me? Do I really look all right in this plastic jumpsuit? David Sedaris
Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values. It is peace because we have found peace in the Savior’s teachings. It is the time we realize most deeply that the more love is expended, the more there is of it for others. Thomas S. Monson
She used to say to him, If people knew what I was thinking they would put me away forever. But they would put us all away, he said. They have put us away. We are put away for our thoughts, one way or another. We have put ourselves away, he said. Don DeLillo
Terry Prachett quote: "only to people!' shouted Rincewind. He drew his sword and,..."
only to people!' shouted Rincewind. He drew his sword and, with a smooth overarm throw, completely failed to hit the troll. Terry Prachett
Peter Shaffer quote: "Do you know what it's like for two people to live in the same..."
Do you know what it's like for two people to live in the same house as if they were in different parts of the world? Peter Shaffer
Georg C. Lichtenberg quote: "It is impossible to have bad taste, but many people have none..."
It is impossible to have bad taste, but many people have none at all. Georg C. Lichtenberg

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