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Ozzy Osbourne quote: "As far as we were concerned, we were just a blues band that..."
As far as we were concerned, we were just a blues band that had decided to write some scary music. Ozzy Osbourne
The boy who rode on slightly before him sat a horse not only as if he'd been born to it which he was but as if were he begot by malice or mischance into some queer land where horses never were he would have found them anyway. Would have known that there was something missing for the world to be right or he right in it and would have set forth to wander wherever it was needed for as long as it took until he came upon one and he would have known that that was what he sought and it would have... Cormac McCarthy
Do you need someone to talk to?" she said gently. "Oh. Thank you. No, no, I'm fine." He touched his face? he'd been crying harder than he'd realized. "You sure? You don't look fine." "No, really. I've just . . . I've just had a very intense emotional experience." He held out one of his iPod headphones, as if that would explain it. "On here." "You're crying about music?" The woman looked at him as if he were some kind of pervert. "Well," said Duncan. "I'm not crying about it. I'm not sure... Nick Hornby
Every man has somewhere about him some belief for which he'd die. Only isn't it improbable that your parents and guardians told it to you? If there is one won't it be part of your own flesh and spirit? E. M. Forster
One wants to live, of course, indeed one only stays alive by virtue of the fear of death, but I think now, as I thought then, that it's better to die violently and not too old. People talk about the horrors of war, but what weapon has man invented that even approaches in cruelty some of the commoner diseases? ‘Natural’ death, almost by definition, means something slow, smelly and painful George Orwell
Ooooh," Kate groans, Kate herself now. "I'm so afraid." "I know." "What am I going to do?" "You mean right now?" "Yes."We'll go to my car. Then we'll drive down to the French Market and get some coffee. Then we'll go home." "Is everything going to be all right?" "Yes." "Tell me. Say it." "Everything is going to be all right. Walker Percy
Lewis Carroll quote: "The Mad Hatter: "Would you like some wine?"Alice: "Yes..."The..."
The Mad Hatter: "Would you like some wine?"Alice: "Yes..."The Mad Hatter: "We haven't any and you're too young. Lewis Carroll
Mark Twain quote: "Never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give..."
Never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give some of us a chance to learn German. Mark Twain
But then, look at me. My brain is incorrectly formed, and I'm shaped like a tube. Plus, I'm an alcoholic, a "survivor" of childhood sexual abuse, was raised in a cult and have no education. So, really, if you think about it, the only thing that separates me from the guy with the stinky foot and no teeth is a book deal and some cologne. Augusten Burroughs
Thy soul is by vile fear assailed, which oft so overcasts a man, that he recoils from noblest resolution, like a beast at some false semblance in the twilight gloom. Dante Alighieri
I believe now that there can be no real sense of loss or seperation withoutthe recognition of death; we were too young to consider any such eventuality, and simply moved on with our lives into some indefinite but illimitable future. Peter Ackroyd
Clive Barker quote: "Maybe the man had taken the wrong turning, but at least he'd..."
Maybe the man had taken the wrong turning, but at least he'd travelled some extraordinary roads. Clive Barker
It’s your one last chance,” said Harry, “it’s all you’ve got left. . . .I’ve seen what you’ll be otherwise. . . . Be a man . . . try . . . Try for some remorse. . . . J. K. Rowling
The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institutions may be abused by human depravity; and that they may even, in some instances be made subservient to the vilest of purposes. George Washington
When one has read a book, I think there is nothing so nice as discussing it with some one else - even though it sometimes produces rather fierce arguments. C. S. Lewis

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