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Thing Quotes (page 279)

Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one's own actions or lack of action. If it leads to change then it can be useful, since it is then no longer guilt but the beginning of knowledge. Yet all too often, guilt is just another name for impotence, for defensiveness destructive of communication; it becomes a device to protect ignorance and the continuation of things the way they are, the ultimate protection for changelessness. Audre Lorde
My name is growing all the time, and I’ve lived a very long, long time; so my name is like a story. Real names tell you the story of the things they belong to in my language, in the Old Entish as you might say. It is a lovely language, but it takes a very long time to say anything in it, because we do not say anything in it, unless it is worth taking a long time to say, and to listen to. J. R. R. Tolkien
In this abundant earth no doubt. Is little room for things worn out: Disdain them, break them, throw them by! And if before the days grew rough. We once were lov'd, us'd -- well enough, I think, we've far'd, my heart and I. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
M. F. K. Fisher quote: "Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg..."
Probably one of the most private things in the world is an egg before it is broken. M. F. K. Fisher
In our country for all her greatness there is one thing she cannot do and that is translate a person wholly out of one class into another. Perfect translation from one language into another is impossible. Class is the British language. William Golding
Most people are too silly to be truly interested in any thing. They herd together like cattle, and do not know what is good for them. Frank Richard Stockton
Carson McCullers quote: "The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone."
The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone. Carson McCullers
He meant the Kingdom was over, the Kingdom of Heaven, it was all finished. We shouldn't live as if it mattered more than this life in this world, because where we are is always the most important place.... We have to be all those difficult things like cheerful and kind and curious and patient, and we've got to study and think and work hard, all of us, in all our different world, and then we'll build... The Republic of Heaven. Philip Pullman
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "The things you own end up owning you. It's only after you lose..."
The things you own end up owning you. It's only after you lose everything that you're free to do anything. Chuck Palahniuk
Take the time to make some sense for what you wanna say, And cast your words away upon the waves. Sail them home with acquiesce on a ship of hope today, And as they land upon the shore, Tell them not to fear no more. I'm not saying right is wrong, It's up to us to make the best of all the things that come our way. Cos' everything that's been has past, The answers in the looking glass. There's four and twenty million doors. On life's endless corridor, So say it loud and sing it proud today. Noel Gallagher
Dolly Parton quote: "If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad..."
If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words Dolly Parton
Malander had an idea and was trying to work it out, but it would take him time. Sometimes people never saw things clearly until it was too late and they no longer had the strength to start again. Or else they forgot their idea along the way and didn't even realise that they forgotten. Tove Jansson
Karen Horney quote: "If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which..."
If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride Karen Horney
The women we really love are the women who complete us, who have the qualities we can borrow and so become something nearer to whole men. Just as we complete them, of course; it’s not a one-way thing. Leola and I, when romance was stripped away, were too much alike; our strengths and weaknesses were too nearly the same. Together we would have doubled our gains and our losses, but that isn’t what love is. Robertson Davies
Miro, I'm so sorry. I always felt such pity for you humans because you could only think of one thing at a time and your memories were so imperfect and . . . now I realize that just getting through the day without killing somebody can be an achievement."It gets to be a habit. Most of us manage to keep our body count quite low. It's the neighborly way to live. Orson Scott Card

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