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Simple Quotes (page 52)

He had divested himself of the little cloaked godlet and his other amulets in a place where they would not be found in his lifetime and he'd taken for talisman the simple human heart within him. Cormac McCarthy
Because everybody on the school board, and the railroad, and the PTA and paper mill had to be somebody’s mother or father, whether really or as a member of a category; and there was a point at which the reflex to their covering warmth, protection, effectiveness against bad dreams, bruised heads and simple loneliness took over and made worthwhile anger with them impossible. Thomas Pynchon
Walt Whitman quote: "A simple separate person is not contained between his hat and..."
A simple separate person is not contained between his hat and his boots. Walt Whitman
H. G. Wells quote: "Very simple was my explanation, and plausible enough---as most..."
Very simple was my explanation, and plausible enough---as most wrong theories are! H. G. Wells
He spoke of very simple things- that it is right for a gull to fly, that freedom is the very nature of his being, that whatever stands against that freedom must be set aside, be it ritual or superstition or limitation in any form. "Set aside," came a voice from the multitude, "even if it be the Law of the Flock?"The only true law is that which leads to freedom," Jonathan said. "There is no other. Richard Bach
In the end, the tortures tearing the Lisbon girls pointed to a simple reasoned refusal to accept the world as it was handed down to them, so full of flaws. Jeffrey Eugenides
Philip Pullman quote: "People are too complicated to have simple labels."
People are too complicated to have simple labels. Philip Pullman
She's awfully fond of Wendy,' he said to himself. He was angry with her now for not seeing why she could not have Wendy. The reason was so simple: 'I'm fond of her too. We can't both have her, lady. J. M. Barrie
Woody Guthrie quote: "Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to..."
Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple. Woody Guthrie
Oscar Wilde quote: "I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the..."
I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex. Oscar Wilde
For centuries, as pope and emperor tore each other apart in their quarrels over power, the excluded went on living on the fringe, like lepers, of whom true lepers are only the illustration ordained by God to make us understand this wondrous parable, so that in saying 'lepers' we would understand 'outcast, poor, simple, excluded, uprooted from the countryside, humiliated in the cities.' But we did not understand; the mystery of leprosy has continued to haunt us because we have not recognized... Umberto Eco
Anne Perry quote: "perhaps great sins start as simple weakness, and the..."
...perhaps great sins start as simple weakness, and the consistent placing of self before others. Anne Perry
Harper Lee quote: "We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust..."
We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple. Harper Lee
Modern civilisation is complicated and artificial. Simple folk live in a world of love and peace. Let no one hate another or harm another. Sivananda
The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As longs as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in... Anne Frank

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