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Kurt Vonnegut quote: "Generally speaking, espionage offers each spy an opportunity..."
Generally speaking, espionage offers each spy an opportunity to go crazy in a way he finds irresistible Kurt Vonnegut
Belief is a meaningless word. What does it mean? I believe something. Okay, now you have someone who is hearing voices and believes in these voices. It doesn't mean they have any necessary reality. Your whole concept of your "I" is an illusion. You have to give something called an "I" before you speak of what the "I" believes. William S. Burroughs
He mentioned a dear friend Morrie had, Maurie Stein, who had first sent Morrie's aphorisms to the Boston Globe. They had been together at Brandeis since the early sixties. Now Stein was going deaf. Koppel imagined the two men together one day, one unable to speak, the other unable to hear. What would that be like?"We will hold hands," Morrie said. "And there'll be a lot of love passing between us. Ted, we've had thirty-five years of friendship. You don't need speech or hearing to feel... Mitch Albom
Frederick Buechner quote: "Jesus didn't come to merely speak words that were true, He is..."
Jesus didn't come to merely speak words that were true, He is the Word that makes us true. Frederick Buechner
With the suggestion of a compromise Gawaine mustered up enough courage to speak."What will you do if I surrender?" he asked."Why, I'll eat you," said the dragon."And if I don't surrender?"I'll eat you just the same. Heywood Broun
Virginia Woolf quote: "I addressed my self as one would speak to a companion with..."
I addressed my self as one would speak to a companion with whom one is voyaging to the North Pole. Virginia Woolf
We say and exclaim within ourselves without breaking silence, in a tumult where everything speaks except our mouths. The realities of the soul are none the less real for being invisible and impalpable. Victor Hugo
No one can speak of the beginning but the one who was in the beginning. Thus the Bible begins with God's free affirmation, free acknowledgment, free revelation of himself: In the beginning God created... Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dean Koontz quote: "People sometimes speak in code, often without realizing they..."
People sometimes speak in code, often without realizing they are doing so, as much a mystery to themselves as others. Dean Koontz
C. S. Lewis quote: "I have learned now that while those who speak about one's..."
I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more. C. S. Lewis
Horace quote: "Surely a Man may speak Truth with a smiling countenance."
Surely a Man may speak Truth with a smiling countenance. Horace
Dante Alighieri quote: "There is a gentle thought that often springsto life in me,..."
There is a gentle thought that often springsto life in me, because it speaks of you. Dante Alighieri
Miranda was shocked to hear Nicholas speak of slavery in glowing terms, as an efficient agricultural system. This wasn't the South! Yet as she surveyed her employer's strong dark profile in secret from beneath her long lashes, she was forced to conclude that the role of master suited Nicholas Van Ryn perfectly. Even when she closed her eyes, the impression of cruelty and power remained. But it was herself she saw as the darky slave, stripped of her free will and trembling at her master's... Anya Seton
At one time,' Golenishchev continued, either not observing or not willing to observe that both Anna and Vronsky wanted to speak, 'at one time a freethinker was a man who had been brought up in the conception of religion, law, and morality, who reached freethought only after conflict and difficulty. But now a new type of born freethinkers has appeared, who grow up without so much as hearing that there used to be laws of morality, or religion, that authorities existed. They grow up in ideas of... Leo Tolstoy
They were so absorbed in their plotting that they did not hear Boule de Suif return. But the Comte's whispered 'shh!' made them all look up. There she was. A sudden silence fell, and at first a feeling of embarrassment prevented them from speaking to her. At last, however, the Comtesse, more of an adept than the rest in social duplicity, asked her: 'Did you enjoy the christening? Guy de Maupassant

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