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It was his reaction when I mention I was from Hailsham. He'd just come through his third donation, it hadn't gone well, and he must have known he wan't going to make it. He could hardly breathe, but he looked towards me and said: "Hailsham. I bet that was a beautiful place. Kazuo Ishiguro
I have always been absurdly, ridiculously tall. To give you an idea- when we went on school trips to Interesting and Improving Places, the form-master wouldn't say "Meet under the clock tower," or "Meet under the War Memorial," but "Meet under Adams. Douglas Adams
I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom. Rosa Parks
We think that we know a man or a woman, when so much of what we know is actually that man's or that woman's situation, his or her place on the board of life. Move the pawn to the last row and see her rise in armor, sword in hand. Gene Wolfe
Hey Jacob!" I felt an unfamiliar surge of enthusiasm at his smile. I realized that I was pleased to see him. This knowledge surprised me. I smiled back, and something clicked silently into place, like two corresponding puzzle pieces. I'd forgotten how much I really liked Jacob Black. Stephenie Meyer
If it were possible to raise the penis by means of a simple command, then sexual excitement would have no place in the world. Milan Kundera
Ernest Hemingway quote: "Strong in all the Broken Places"
Strong in all the Broken Places Ernest Hemingway
In the next place, wonderful as it seems in a sexual world, the Martians were absolutely without sex, and therefore without any of the tumultuous emotions that arise... H. G. Wells
You place too much improtance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recongnize that it matters not was someone is born, but what they grow up to be! J. K. Rowling
I don't think you ever get to relax. I mean, sure there's a couple of people who could, but I bet they don't. Because by the time they get to where they could relax, they don't. Because by the time they get to where they could relax, they've gotten completely used to not being able to. How do you just suddenly become somebody who relaxes? The kind of ambition you need to get to that place is not relaxing. It's searing. I think there's probably something about living your whole life in a... Carrie Fisher
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Any city in any country, including my own hometown, was to me..."
Any city in any country, including my own hometown, was to me just another place where I might live or might not live. Kurt Vonnegut
I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogonic, to the level of romantic fairy-story - the larger founded on the lesser in contact with the earth, the lesser drawing splendour from the vast backcloths - which I could dedicate simply to: to England; to my country. ... I would draw some of the great tales in fullness, and leave many only placed in the scheme, and sketched. The cycles should be linked to a majestic whole, and yet leave scope... J. R. R. Tolkien
Know the quiet place within your heart and touch the rainbow of possibility; be alive to the gentle breeze of communication, and please stop being such a jerk. Garrison Keillor
When she was done whispering in the mike and being cute as hell, they'd sing a song half in English and half in French and drive all the phonies in the place mad with joy. J. D. Salinger
I hid my love when young till ICouldn't bear the buzzing of a fly; I hid my life to my despite. Till I could not bear to look at light: I dare not gaze upon her face. But left her memory in each place; Where'er I saw a wild flower lie. I kissed and bade my love good-bye. John Clare

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