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... no one could say, looking at her lined, pale and puffy face, the shapeless garish sack she had double-pinned around her, or the misfocusing eyes and slack wet mouth, that she had led the right life, and she knew it, not even with Freud's fist could she repress that... William Gass
in infinite space and time everything develops, becomes more perfect and more complex, is differentiated",is to say nothing at all. Those are all words with no meaning, for in the infinite is neither complex nor simple, no forward nor backward, or better or worse. Leo Tolstoy
This book started like this. My son, who is called Michael or Mike these days, but was Mikey back then, was angry at me. I'd said one of those things that parents say, like « isn't it time you were in bed», and he had looked up at me, furious, and said, « I wish I didn't have a dad! I wish I had...» and then stopped and thought, trying to think of what one could have instead of a father. Finally he said « I wish I had goldfish!» Neil Gaiman
It can’t be said enough. Don’t concern yourself with fashion; stick to simple pieces that flatter your body type. By nineteen, I had found my look. Oversize T-shirts, bike shorts, and wrestling shoes. To prevent the silhouette from being too baggy, I would cinch it at the waist with my fanny pack. I was pretty sure I would wear this look forever. The shirts allowed me to express myself with cool sayings like “There’s No Crying in Baseball” and “Universitt Heidelberg,” the bike shorts showed... Tina Fey
Yes, now my mind is easy, I know the game is won, I lost them all till now, but it's the last that counts. A very fine achievement I must say, or rather would, if I did not fear to contradict myself. Fear to contradict myself! If this continuous it is myself I shall lose and the thousand ways that lead there. And I shall resemble the wretches famed in fable, crushed beneath the weight of their wish come true. And I even feel a strange desire come over me, the desire to know what I am doing,... Samuel Beckett
Oh,' she says, 'the Vat prints nothing but rapes. You know what a rape usually is? It's a woman who changed her mind afterward. John Updike
Anton Chekhov quote: "Where is the law that says people should do as they please?"
Where is the law that says people should do as they please? Anton Chekhov
Paulo Coelho quote: "If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you..."
If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello. Paulo Coelho
Daphne du Maurier quote: "Life was a series of greetings and farewells, one was always..."
Life was a series of greetings and farewells, one was always saying good-bye to something, to someone. Daphne du Maurier
Suzanne Collins quote: "I wish she was dead,' he says. 'I wish they were all dead and..."
I wish she was dead,' he says. 'I wish they were all dead and we were, too. It would be best. Suzanne Collins
Henry Rollins quote: "When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! ..."
When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got? Henry Rollins
I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I'm dead. I cannot live on tomorrow's bread. Langston Hughes
A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence. Idries Shah
T. S. Eliot quote: "It is impossible to say just what I mean!"
It is impossible to say just what I mean! T. S. Eliot
I was thinking of people who say that happiness is impossible on earth. Look how hard they all try to find some joy in life. Look how they struggle for it. Why should any living creature exist in pain? By what conceivable right can anyone demand that a human being exist for anything but for his own joy? Every one of them wants it. Every part of him wants it. But they never find it. I wonder why. Ayn Rand

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