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William Goldman quote: "But I also have to say, for the umpty-umpth time, that life..."
But I also have to say, for the umpty-umpth time, that life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all. William Goldman
Graham Greene quote: "We never get accustomed to being less important to other..."
We never get accustomed to being less important to other people than they are to us. Graham Greene
How old _are_ you?" asked Door. Richard was pleased she had asked; he would never have dared."As old as my tongue," said Hunter, primly, "and a little older than my teeth. Neil Gaiman
Jane Austen quote: "it was rather because she felt less happy than she had..."
it was rather because she felt less happy than she had expected? She laughed because she was disappointe? Jane Austen
No matter which way we go, it is no better than any other. It is all the same whether you achieve something or not, have faith or not, just as it is all the same whether you cry or remain silent. Emile M. Cioran
I don’t believe rape is inevitable or natural. If I did, I would have no reason to be here. If I did, my political practice would be different than it is. Have you ever wondered why we [women] are not just in armed combat against you? It’s not because there’s a shortage of kitchen knives in this country. It is because we believe in your humanity, against all the evidence. Andrea Dworkin
Meg Cabot quote: "I get accused all the time of having a bigmouth. But if you..."
I get accused all the time of having a bigmouth. But if you ask me, guys gossip way more than girls do. Meg Cabot
But can I really will anything? At this moment I feel the pleasure of being stone, the sun warms me, the wind makes acceptable this adjustment of my body, I have no intention of ceasing to be a stone. Why? Because I like it. So then I too am slave to a passion, which advises me against wanting freely its opposite. However, willing, I could will. And yet I do not. How much freer am I than a stone? Umberto Eco
The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress. Peter Matthiessen
Maybe, if I were very, very, very lucky, I would somehow be able to save Edward. But I wasn't so stupid as to think that saving him would mean that I could stay with him. I was no different, no more special than I'd been before. There would be no new reason for him to want me now. Seeing him and losing him again . . .I fought back against the pain. This was the price I had to pay to save his life. I would pay it. Stephenie Meyer
He was obliged however to throw over Christianity. Those who base their conduct upon what they are rather than upon what they ought to be, always must throw it over in the end . . . . E. M. Forster
Miyamoto Musashi quote: "You must understand that there is more than one path to the..."
You must understand that there is more than one path to the top of the mountain Miyamoto Musashi
One writes not to be read but to breathe...one writes to think, to pray, to analyze. One writes to clear one's mind, to dissipate one's fears, to face one's doubts, to look at one's mistakes--in order to retrieve them. One writes to capture and crystallize one's joy, but also to disperse one's gloom. Like prayer--you go to it in sorrow more than joy, for help, a road back to 'grace'." Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Because in fantasy perhaps more than in any other genre, the character is rewarded for making the right choices and punished for making the bad. Ask Boromir. R. A. Salvatore
A man in a desert can hold absence in his cupped hands knowing it is something more than water. There is a plant whose heart, if one cuts it out is replaced with fluid containing herbal goodness. Every morning one can drink the liquid amount of the missing heart. Michael Ondaatje

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