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Les Brown quote: "Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and..."
Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit. Les Brown
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "The way to find justice is to deal fairly with other people..."
The way to find justice is to deal fairly with other people and not worry about how they deal with you. Robert A. Heinlein
I placed the highest priority on the sort of life that lets me focus on writing, not associating with all the people around me. Haruki Murakami
She thought, instead, with longing of more books—of buying books—of slipping into a narrative of other people’s lives. That was release. Peter Straub
It is significant ..... that the English regard slackness as a vice. We, on the other hand, should vastly prefer it to tension. Is there not too much tension in the world at present, and might it not be better if more people were slackers? James Hilton
The wisest were just the poor and simple people. They knew the war to be a misfortune, whereas those who were better off, and should have been able to see more clearly what the consequences would be, were beside themselves with joy. Erich Maria Remarque
Who are you, anyway?" "Just someone who knows, from personal experience, how attractive it can be to think you can save somebody else by loving them." "I could have sworn we just met," Madeleine said. "And that you don't know anything about me." Henry stood up. With a slightly offended air but undiminished confidence, he said, "People save themselves." He left her with that to think about. Jeffrey Eugenides
Tom Robbins quote: "There're many ways, my dear, to victimize people. The most..."
There're many ways, my dear, to victimize people. The most insidious way is to persuade them that they're victims. Tom Robbins
Every time, I've won because I could understand the way my enemy though. From what they did. I could tell what they though I was doing, how they wanted the battle to take shape. And I played off of that. I'm very good at that. Understanding how other people think. - Ender Wiggin Orson Scott Card
Hanging softly over the black Singer sewing machine, it looked like magic, and when people saw me wearing it they were going to run up to me and say, "Marguerite, forgive us, please, we didn't know who you were," and I would answer generously, "No, you couldn't have known. Of course I forgive you. Maya Angelou
I think the oddest thing about the advanced people is that, while they are always talking about things as problems, they have hardly any notion of what a real problem is. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Looking back I see that I was always afraid of something: of the dark, of displeasing people, of failure. Anything I accomplished had to be done across a barrier of fear. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Eleanor Roosevelt
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "It would sound like a dream,” said Billy. “Other people’s..."
It would sound like a dream,” said Billy. “Other people’s dreams aren’t very interesting usually. Kurt Vonnegut
What place is this,” Drizzt asked the cat quietly, “that I call home? These are my people, by skin and by heritage, but I am no kin to them. They are lost and ever will be. “How many others are like me, I wonder?” Drizzt whispered, taking one final look. “Doomed souls, as was Zaknafein, poor Zak. I do this for him, Guenhwyvar; I leave as he could not, His life has been my lesion, a dark scroll etched by the heavy price exacted by Matron Malice’s evil promises. “Goodbye, Zack!” he cried, his... R. A. Salvatore
Norman Mailer quote: "The only faithfulness people have is to emotions they're..."
The only faithfulness people have is to emotions they're trying to recapture Norman Mailer

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