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Men love jargon. It is so palpable, tangible, visible, audible; it makes so obvious what one has learned; it satisfies the craving for results. It is impressive for the uninitiated. It makes one feel that one belongs. Jargon divides men into Us and The?.Obscurity is fascinating. One tries to puzzle out details, is stumpred, and becomes increasingly concerned with meaning? unless one feels put off and gives up altogether.Those who persevere and take the author seriously are led to ask about... Walter Kaufmann
Is it possible to fix love and make it stand still in time? Well, we can try, but that would turn our lives into a hell. I haven't been married for more than 20 years to the same person, because neither she nor I have remained the same. That's why our relationship is more alive than ever. I don't expect her to behave as she did when we first met. Nor does she want me to be the person I was when I found her. Love is beyond time, or, rather, love is both time and space, but all focused on... Paulo Coelho
To me, poetry is somebody standing up, so to speak, and saying, with as little concealment as possible, what it is for him or her to be on earth at this moment Galway Kinnell
Waste not a day in vain digression; with resolute, courageous trustseek every possible impressionand make it firmly your posessionyou'll then work on because you must. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Moving is both liberating and debilitating. Undertaken too late, it is a very stressful process, one that sometimes seems to catapult people into frail old age, and undertaken too soon, it may preempt other possibilities. [p. 38] Mary Catherine Bateson
Nora Roberts quote: "She walked with a ghost of herself, one full of potential and..."
She walked with a ghost of herself, one full of potential and possibility. One who was fearless. Where had that girl gone? Nora Roberts
In the many months of his absence, she never wondered whether he was true to her or not; she knew he was. She knew, even though she was too young to know the reason, that indiscriminate desire and unselective indulgence were possible only to those who regarded sex and themselves as evil. Ayn Rand
The question is, what are you going to do?" It turns out the question that's been eating away at me has only ever had one possible answer. But it took Peeta's ploy for me to recognize it. What am I going to do? I take a deep breath. My arms rise slightly - as if recalling the black-and-white wings Cinna gave me - then come to rest at my sides. "I'm going to be the Mockingjay. Suzanne Collins
That there should be a reality hidden behind appearances is, after all, quite possible; that language might render such a thing would be an absurd hope. Emile M. Cioran
Michel de Montaigne quote: "Oh senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm or a flea..."
Oh senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm or a flea and yet will create Gods by the dozen! Michel de Montaigne
Franz Liszt quote: "Music is the heart of life." She speaks love; "without it,..."
Music is the heart of life." She speaks love; "without it, there is no possible good and with it everything is beautiful. Franz Liszt
George Bernard Shaw quote: "It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible,..."
It is a woman's business to get married as soon as possible, and a man'sto keep unmarried as long as he can. George Bernard Shaw
This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor... This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed. Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -- how passionately I hate them! Albert Einstein
Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something. Kurt Vonnegut
Edgar Allan Poe quote: "The idea of God, infinity, or spirit stands for the possible..."
The idea of God, infinity, or spirit stands for the possible attempt at an impossible conception. Edgar Allan Poe

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