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I got over the loss of his desk and chair, but never the desire to produce a string of words more precious than the emeralds of Corts. Patti Smith
Bill Gates quote: "DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than..."
DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created. Bill Gates
Mia Hamm quote: "A winner is that person who gets up one more time than she is..."
A winner is that person who gets up one more time than she is knocked down. Mia Hamm
C. S. Lewis quote: "And after all, our mythology may be much nearer to literal..."
And after all, our mythology may be much nearer to literal truth than we suppose. C. S. Lewis
Daniel Defoe quote: "Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than..."
Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself. Daniel Defoe
But this practice [vegetarianism], in which youthful love of austerity finds charm, calls for attentions more complicated than those of culinary refinement itself; and it separates us too much from the common run of men in a function which is nearly always public, and in which either friendship or formality presides. Marguerite Yourcenar
Malcolm Forbes quote: "Putting pen to paper lights more fire than matches ever will"
Putting pen to paper lights more fire than matches ever will Malcolm Forbes
There was a tinge of evil to it, a lot of sex, but under that was alittle boy peeking out, an uncertain little boy. That was it. That was the attraction. Nothing is moreappealing than a handsome man who is also uncertain of himself. Laurell K. Hamilton
Tell me, is the rose naked or is that her only dress? Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots? Who hears the regrets of the thieving automobile? Is there anything in the world sadder than a train standing in the rain? Pablo Neruda
For me, books were not the containers of words so much as the words themselves, and the value of a given book was determined by its spiritual quality rather than its physical condition. Paul Auster
It has been my experience that most human stories are circular rather than linear. Regardless of the path we choose, we somehow end up where we commenced - in part, I suspect, because the child who lives in us goes along for the ride. James Lee Burke
The world runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, solely from regard to the opinion of others, and without any wish or necessity of his own, toils after gold, honour, or any other phantom, is no better than a fool. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
John Grisham quote: "There are few things in life worse than a long-winded lawyer."
There are few things in life worse than a long-winded lawyer. John Grisham
Isabelle Eberhardt quote: "The way I see it, there is no greater spiritual beauty than..."
The way I see it, there is no greater spiritual beauty than fanaticism, of a sort so sincere it can only end in martyrdom. Isabelle Eberhardt
but what is it you wanted to learn from the teachings and teachers, and those who taught you so much, what could they not teach you?" and he concluded: "it was the i, whose meaning and essence i wanted to learn. it was the i, from which i wanted release, which i wanted to conquer. but i could not conquer it, i could only deceive it, only flee from it, only hide myself from it. truly, nothing in the world has taken up so much of my thinking as this i of mine, this conundrum, that i am... Herman Hesse

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