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She thought of what it would be like to grow up without the one certainty that every baby deseved - when I'm hurt or cold or scared, someone will come and care for me - and how that absence could warp you so that you'd lash out at the people you loved, driving them away when all you wanted to do was pull them closer. Jennifer Weiner
When I remember that dizzy summer, that dull, stupid, lovely, dire summer, it seems that in those days I ate my lunches, smelled another's skin, noticed a shade of yellow, even simply sat, with greater lust and hopefulness - and that I lusted with greater faith, hoped with greater abandon. The people I loved were celebrities, surrounded by rumor and fanfare; the places I sat with them, movie lots and monuments. No doubt all of this is not true remembrance but the ruinous work of nostalgia,... Michael Chabon
Besides, if I wanted to hear people speaking wall-to-wall French, all I had to do was remove my headphones and participate in what is known as ‘real life,’ a concept as uninviting as a shampoo cocktail. David Sedaris
Education is transformational. It changes lives. That is why people work so hard to become educated and why education has always been the key to the American Dream, the force that erases arbitrary divisions of race and class and culture and unlocks every person's God-given potential. Condoleezza Rice
E. E. Cummings quote: "most people are perfectly afraid of silence"
most people are perfectly afraid of silence E. E. Cummings
George Bernard Shaw quote: "The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented..."
The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity. George Bernard Shaw
Daniel Defoe quote: "I hear much of people's calling out to punish the guilty, but..."
I hear much of people's calling out to punish the guilty, but very few are concerned to clear the innocent. Daniel Defoe
Will Rogers quote: "The income tax has made more liars out of the American people..."
The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Will Rogers
There exists a huge dump of worn-out metaphors which have lost all evocative power and are merely used because they save people the trouble of inventing phrases for themselves. George Orwell
All writing is garbage. People who come out of nowhere to try and put into words any part of what goes on in their minds are pigs. Antonin Artaud
Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood. Coretta Scott King
Ani DiFranco quote: "Up up up up up uppoints the spire of the steeplebut god's work..."
Up up up up up uppoints the spire of the steeplebut god's work isn't done by godit's done by people Ani DiFranco
Leo Tolstoy quote: "The vocation of every man and woman is to serve people."
The vocation of every man and woman is to serve people. Leo Tolstoy
I didn't know what to say to her. What do you say to people when they ask how it feels to lose everything? When every planet in your solar system has exploded? Sherman Alexie
You'd think people had better things to gossip about," said Ginny as she sat on the common room floor, leaning against Harry’s legs and reading the Daily Prophet. "Three Dementor attacks in a week, and all Romilda Vane does is ask me if it’s true you’ve got a Hippogriff tattooed across your chest." Ron and Hermione both roared with laughter. Harry ignored them. What did you tell her?" I told her it's a Hungarian Horntail," said Ginny, turning a page of the newspaper idly. "Much more... J. K. Rowling

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