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Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "The days come and go but they say nothing, and if we do not..."
The days come and go but they say nothing, and if we do not use the gifts they bring, they carry them as silently away. Ralph Waldo Emerson
H. L. Mencken quote: "Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be..."
Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood. H. L. Mencken
We learn that it is not the rays which bodies absorb, but those which they reject, that give them the colours they are known by; and in the same way people are specialized by their dislikes and antagonisms, whilst their goodwill is looked upon as no attribute at all. Thomas Hardy
How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. Tom Robbins
Barbara Kingsolver quote: "In my opinion, mountains don't move. They only look changed..."
In my opinion, mountains don't move. They only look changed when you look down on them from a greaty height. Barbara Kingsolver
Which is why I am writing this book. To think. To understand. It just happens to be the way I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them. Haruki Murakami
In a typical mental health catch-22, the alienating nature of depression tends to keep its sufferers from finding their way to the very support groups that might help them. Elizabeth Wurtzel
The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but thesimplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man ifhe is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow ofdoubt, what is laid before him. Leo Tolstoy
Don't confuse me with those who cling to hope. I enjoy describing how things are, I have no interest in how they 'ought to be.' And I certainly have no interest in fixing them. I sincerely believe that if you think there's a solution, you're part of the problem. My motto: Fuck Hope! George Carlin
He was born in fury and he lived in lightning. Tom came headlong into life. He was a giant in joy and enthusiasms. He didn't discover the world and its people, he created them. When he read his father's books, he was the first. He lived in a world shining and fresh and as uninspected as Eden on the sixth day. His mind plunged like a colt in a happy pasture, and when later the world put up fences, he plunged against the wire, and when the final stockade surrounded him, he plunged right through... John Steinbeck
Jodi Picoult quote: "It is a remarkable question- Do all the wonderful things..."
It is a remarkable question- Do all the wonderful things happen when we are not aware of them? Jodi Picoult
Then a lawyer said, But what of our laws, master? And he answered: 'You delight in laying down laws. Yet you delight more in breaking them. Khalil Gibran
John Irving quote: "Kids are perfect people till grownups get their hands on them."
Kids are perfect people till grownups get their hands on them. John Irving
Laurell K. Hamilton quote: "I know who and what I am. I am the Executioner, and I don't..."
I know who and what I am. I am the Executioner, and I don't date vampires. I kill them. Laurell K. Hamilton
And the sword that had visited Earth from so far away smote like the falling of thunderbolts; and green sparks rose from the armour, and crimson as sword met sword; and thick elvish blood moved slowly, from wide slits, down the cuirass; and Lirazel gazed in awe and wonder and love; and the combatants edged away fighting into the forest; and branches fell on them hacked off by their fight; and the runes in Alveric's far-travelled sword exulted, and roared at the elf-knight; until in the dark... Lord Dunsany

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