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Thing Quotes (page 278)

Barbara Kingsolver quote: "How pointless life could be, what a foolish business of..."
How pointless life could be, what a foolish business of inventing things to love, just so you could dread losing them. Barbara Kingsolver
Frances Hodgson Burnett quote: "I am sure there is Magic in everything, only we have not sense..."
I am sure there is Magic in everything, only we have not sense enough to get hold of it and make it do things for us Frances Hodgson Burnett
Charles de Lint quote: "That's the thing about magic; you've got to know it's still..."
That's the thing about magic; you've got to know it's still here, all around us, or it just stays invisible for you. Charles de Lint
Harper Lee quote: "People have a habit of doing everyday things even under the..."
People have a habit of doing everyday things even under the oddest conditions. Harper Lee
It's where we're nearest to our humanness. Useless knowledge for its own sake. Useful knowledge is good, too, but it's for the faint-hearted, an elaboration of the real thing, which is only to shine some light, it doesn't matter where on what, it's the light itself, against the darkness, it's what's left of God's purpose when you take away God. Tom Stoppard
Bram Stoker quote: "Souls and memories can do strange things during trance."
Souls and memories can do strange things during trance. Bram Stoker
Bob Dylan quote: "I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature..."
I think the truly natural things are dreams, which nature can't touch with decay. Bob Dylan
Elvis Presley quote: "When things go bad, don't go with them."
When things go bad, don't go with them. Elvis Presley
...as my eyes grew accustomed to the light, details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold - everywhere the glint of gold. For the moment - an eternity it must have seemed to the others standing by - I was struck dumb with amazement, and when Lord Carnarvon, unable to stand the suspense any longer, inquired anxiously, 'Can you see anything?' it was all I could do to get out the words, 'Yes, wonderful things. Howard Carter
The life of my people is to remember forever; each head granary is full. The life of your people is to forget: your thing granaries ("museums"), and not yourselves, are full. Alice Walker
Barbara Taylor Bradford quote: "A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the..."
A person with taste is merely one who can recognize the greatest beauty in the simplest things. Barbara Taylor Bradford
Fear isn't so difficult to understand. After all, weren't we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the same sort of thing that frightened us yesterday. It's just a different wolf. This fright complex is rooted in every individual. Alfred Hitchcock
The institutions of Churchianity are not Christianity. An institution is a good thing if it is second; immediately an institution recognizes itself it becomes the dominating factor. Oswald Chambers
Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me. Marilyn Monroe
Dj vu is more than just that fleeting moment of surprise, instantly forgotten because we never bother with things that make no sense. It show that time doesn't pass. It's a leap into something we have already experienced and that is being repeated. Paulo Coelho

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