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J. K. Rowling quote: "If only the hat had mentioned a house for people who felt a..."
If only the hat had mentioned a house for people who felt a bit queasy, that would have been the one for him. J. K. Rowling
Books turn people into isolated individuals, and once that's happened, the road only grows rockier. Books wire you to want to be Steve McQueen, but the world wants you to be SMcQ23667bot@hotmail. com. Doug Coupland
Talking to people makes me feel like sleeping. Only my ghostly and imaginary friends, only the conversations I have in my dreams, are genuinely real and substantial. Fernando Pessoa
Sylvia Plath quote: "Secretly, in studies and attics and schoolrooms all over..."
Secretly, in studies and attics and schoolrooms all over America, people must be writing. Sylvia Plath
Simon Cowell quote: "What other people think about me is none of my business ."
What other people think about me is none of my business . Simon Cowell
Most people can't bear to sit in church for an hour on Sundays. How are they supposed to live somewhere very similar to it for eternity? Mark Twain
Some people believe the alternative to bad religion is secularism, but that's wrong . . . . The answer to bad religion is better religion--prophetic rather than partisan, broad and deep instead of narrow, and based on values as opposed to ideology. Jim Wallis
For centuries the church has stood by while science picked away at religion bit by bit. Debunking miracles. Training the mind to overcome the heart. Condemning religion as the opiate of the masses. They denounce God as a hallucination - a delusional crutch for those too weak to accept that life is meaningless. I could not stand by while science presumed to harness the power of God himself! Proof, you say? Yes, proof of science's ignorance! What is wrong with the admission that something... Dan Brown
Alice Walker quote: "If you're silent for a long time, people just arrive in your..."
If you're silent for a long time, people just arrive in your mind. Alice Walker
Being fed, and having a soft bed, and other people being in charge, seemed the most wonderful prospect in the world at that moment. J. K. Rowling
Hunter S. Thompson quote: "What do you want? Where's the goddamn ice I ordered? Where's..."
What do you want? Where's the goddamn ice I ordered? Where's the booze? There's a war on, man! People are being killed! Hunter S. Thompson
Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we don’t know why, and if we do find out why, it’s decades later and knowing why doesn’t matter any more. Doug Coupland
The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues....[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings. Haruki Murakami
David Sedaris quote: "I'm the most important person in the lives of almost everyone..."
I'm the most important person in the lives of almost everyone I know and a good number of the people I've never even met. David Sedaris
I know that David Tennant's Hamlet isn't till July. And lots of people are going to be doing Dr Who in Hamlet jokes, so this is just me getting it out of the way early, to avoid the rush..."To be, or not to be, that is the question. Weeelll.... More of A question really. Not THE question. Because, well, I mean, there are billions and billions of questions out there, and well, when I say billions, I mean, when you add in the answers, not just the questions, weeelll, you're looking at numbers... Neil Gaiman

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