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It's impossible for me to say one word about all that music has meant to me in my life. How, then, can I hope to be understood? Ludwig Wittgenstein
Don't drop him," said Peter's mother to his father. "Don't you dare drop him." She was laughing."I will not," said his father. "I could not." For he is Peter Augustus Duchene, and he will always return to me. Again and again, Peter's father threw him up in the air. Again and again, Peter felt himself suspended in nothingness for a moment, just a moment, and then he was pulled back, returned to the sweetness of the earth and the warmth of his father's waiting arms."See?" said his father to his... Kate DiCamillo
Perezvon (the dog) ran about in the wildest spirits, sniffing about first one side, then the other. When he met other dogs they zealously smelt each other over according to the rules of canine etiquette. Fyodor Dostoevsky
The idea that hunting is one against one is ludicrous. It's one animal versus the hunter, the manufacturer of the rifle, the bullet maker, the designer and manufacturer of the telescopic sight, the auto manufacturer who made the car the hunter got to the edge of the wild in, the maker of his waterproof shoes, the various manufacturers of his mittens, glasses, overcoat--and that's only the beginning of the list. The "sportsman" who shoots an animal should then make a speech, like the actor who... Dick Cavett
As they advanced (towards the fountain) one after another of Bastian's Fastastican gifts fell away from him. The strong, handsome, fearless hero became the small, fat, timid boy.(...) But then he jumped into the crystal-clear water... He drank till his thrist was quenched. And joy filled him from head to foot, the joy of living and the joy of being himself. He was new born. And the best part of it was that he was now the very person he wanted to be. If he had been free to choose, he would... Michael Ende
Nobody hates us as ourselves. In their minds we're not human... They don't hate us because we did something or said something. They make us stand for an evil they invent and then they want to kill it in us. Marge Piercy
Mary Oliver quote: "Said the river: imagine everything you can imagine, then keep..."
Said the river: imagine everything you can imagine, then keep on going. Mary Oliver
Once a year, she remembers that she is insignificant. Then she forgets agains, because more than she is insignificant, she is forgetful. Dave Eggers
Winston Churchill quote: "They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice..."
They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they'd make up their minds. Winston Churchill
There always comes in September a parched brightness to the air that hits Rabbit two ways, smelling of apples and blackboard dust and marking the return to school and work in earnest, but then again reminding him he's suffered another promotion, taken another step up the stairs that has darkness at the head. John Updike
Do you talk by rule, then, while you are dancing?"Sometimes. One must speak a little, you know. It would look odd to be entirely silent for half an hour together, and yet for the advantage of some, conversation ought to be so arranged as that they may have the trouble of saying as little as possible. Jane Austen
When the green hills are covered with talking wires and the wolves no longer sing, what good will the money you paid for our land be then Chief Seattle
Do you ever just want to take your car out onto the highway and gun the engine as fastas you can and then close your eyes and see what happens? Doug Coupland
and then she asks me how many sexual partners I've had and I say one or twodepending on your definition of what I did to Custer . . . Sherman Alexie
Alice Hoffman quote: "And then I understood that she had no idea what she'd done to..."
And then I understood that she had no idea what she'd done to my family. She thought love and hatred were equal. Alice Hoffman

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