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Jodi Picoult quote: "God doesn't give people burdens they can't handle."
God doesn't give people burdens they can't handle. Jodi Picoult
William Shakespeare quote: "What means this shouting? I do fear, the people. Choose Caesar..."
What means this shouting? I do fear, the people. Choose Caesar for their king. William Shakespeare
Another friend of mine used to maintain that airplanes stayed up in the air only because people believed—against reason—that they could fly: without that collective delusion sustaining them, they would instantly plummet to earth. Margaret Atwood
When they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things . . . Atticus, he was real nice. . . .” His hands were under my chin, pulling up the cover, tucking it around me. “Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them. Harper Lee
The only reason people do not know much is because they do not care to know. They are incurious. Incuriousity is the oddest and most foolish failing there is. Stephen Fry
Great talk among people how some of the Fanatiques do say that the end of the world is at hand, and that next Tuesday is to be the day. Against which, whenever it shall be, good God fit us all! Samuel Pepys
I don’t know, I don’t feel right unless I’ve got the sea and mountains nearby. People are mostly a product of where they were born and raised. How you think and feel’s always linked to the lay of the land, the temperature. The prevailing winds, even. Haruki Murakami
Elie Wiesel quote: "I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people..."
I told him that I did not believe that they could burn people in our age, that humanity would never tolerate it . . . Elie Wiesel
how could two people who were so in love not end up happily ever after? It had to work. Didn't it? Reunited with fresh hopes, we'd share a few deliriously happy days together. Or sometimes even weeks. Elizabeth Gilbert
He had the kind of real deep tan that rich people spent ages trying to acheive with expensive holidays and bits of tinfoil, when really all you needed to obtain one is work your arse off in the open air everyday. Terry Prachett
You're mistaken, Father. You were in paradise, but you didn't recognize it. It's the same with most people in this world; they seek suffering in the most joyous of places because they think they are unworthy of happiness. Paulo Coelho
Well, you know this world isn't perfect.' 'No, you're wrong. This world IS perfect, people just come along and mess it up sometimes. Charles de Lint
Dudley had been accepted at Uncle Vernon's old private school, Smeltings...Harry, on the other hand, was going to Stonewall High, the local public high school. Dudley thought this was very funny. "They stuff people's heads down the toilet the first day at Stonewall," he told Harry. "Want to come upstairs and practice?" "No, thanks," said Harry. "The poor toilet's never had anything as horrible as your head down it - it might be sick." Then he ran, before Dudley could work out what he'd said. J. K. Rowling
Vladimir Nabokov quote: "Why do those people guess so much and shave so little, and are..."
Why do those people guess so much and shave so little, and are so disdainful of hearing aids? Vladimir Nabokov
I am convinced that it is one of the most unjust wars that has ever been fought in the history of the world. Our involvement in the war in Vietnam has torn up the Geneva Accord. It has strengthened the military-industrial complex; it has strengthened the forces of reaction in our nation. It has put us against the self-determination of a vast majority of the Vietnamese people, and put us in the position of protecting a corrupt regime that is stacked against the poor. Martin Luther King jr.

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