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How many of us have a love so true it spans eternity? A purity of need so clear it can remain strong in the face of all that the world throws at us? Thisis Karen Ann McNeil, the woman who fell to Earth, the woman for whom the people in her life never gave up waiting. Doug Coupland
Robert James Waller quote: "Gypsies make difficult friends for ordinary people, and he was..."
Gypsies make difficult friends for ordinary people, and he was seething of a gypsy. Robert James Waller
If your in love with two people, pick the second. pick the second because if you really loved the first you wouldn't have fallen in love with the second. Johnny Depp
Long experience has taught me that people who do not like geraniums have something morally unsound about them. Sooner or later you will find them out; you will discover that they drink, or steal books, or speak sharply to cats. Never trust a man or a woman who is not passionately devoted to geraniums. Beverley Nichols
Usually the recipe for a bestseller is to give people what they want. My challenge is and was: Give them what they do not expect. Be severe with them. The world of media is full of easy answers, wash-and-wear philosophies, instant ecstacies, what-me-worry Epiphanies. Probably readers want a little more. Umberto Eco
The people who really run organizations are usually found several levels down, where it is still possible to get things done. Terry Prachett
...what makes you older is when your bones, muscles and blood wear out, when the heart sinks into oblivion and all the houses you ever lived in are gone and people are not really certain that your civilization ever existed. Richard Brautigan
Who knew what evil lurked in the hearts of men? A copper, that's who. (...)You saw how close men lived to the beast. You realized that people like Carcer were not mad. They were incredibily sane. They were simply men without a shield. They'd looked at the world and realized that all the rules didn't have to apply to them, not if they didn't want them to. They weren't fooled by all the little stories. They shook hands with the beast. Terry Prachett
My hours of leisure I spent in reading the best authors, ancient and modern, being always provided with a good number of books; and when I was ashore, in observing the manners and dispositions of the people, as well as learning their language; wherein I had a great facility, by the strength of my memory. Jonathan Swift
Antonio Machado quote: "But don't hunt for dissonance: There is no such thing; People..."
But don't hunt for dissonance: There is no such thing; People dance to all tunes. Antonio Machado
Benjamin Hoff quote: "If people were superior to animals, they'd take good care of..."
If people were superior to animals, they'd take good care of them," said Pooh. Benjamin Hoff
Noam Chomsky quote: "These are fashionable people who call themselves philosophers."
These are fashionable people who call themselves philosophers. Noam Chomsky
Many people genuinely do not wish to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings. George Orwell
Meryl Streep quote: "I like who I am now. Other people may not. I'm comfortable. I..."
I like who I am now. Other people may not. I'm comfortable. I feel freer now. I don't want growing older to matter to me. Meryl Streep
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "In the outside world, my brother told me, people were as..."
In the outside world, my brother told me, people were as reckless as animals and fornicated with strangers on the street. Chuck Palahniuk

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