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Thing Quotes (page 412)

Jack London quote: "He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and..."
He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial. Jack London
Henry Ford quote: "Experience is the thing of supreme value"."
Experience is the thing of supreme value". Henry Ford
To our natural and human reason, I say that these terms ‘large,’ ‘small,’ ‘immense,’ ‘minute,’ etc. are not absolute but relative; the same thing in comparison with various others may be called at one time ‘immense’ and at another ‘imperceptible. Galileo Galilei
Happy, even in anguish, is he to whom God has given a soul worthy of love and grief! He who has not seen the things of this world, and the heart of men in this double light, has seen nothing, and knows noting of the truth. Victor Hugo
I sincerely hope I’ll never fathom you. You’re mystical, serene, intriguing; you enclose such charm within you. The lustre of your presence bewitches me. I like the unreality of your mind; the whole thing is very splendid and voluptuous and absurd. It is not mere words on paper, Mrs. Nicholson, it is both my mind and heart addressing you. Virginia Woolf
Childhood is not from birth to a certain age when the child is grown, and puts away childish things. Childhood is the kingdom where nobody dies. Stephenie Meyer
For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular perception or other, of heat or cold, light or shade, love or hatred, pain or pleasure. I never can catch myself at any time without a perception, and never can observe any thing but the perceptio? David Hume
Kurt Vonnegut quote: "All if the true things I'm about to tell you are shameless lies."
All if the true things I'm about to tell you are shameless lies. Kurt Vonnegut
Carlos Castaneda quote: "The hardest thing in the world is for a warrior to let others be."
The hardest thing in the world is for a warrior to let others be. Carlos Castaneda
If you have moved over vast territories and dared to love silly things, you will have learned even from the most primitive items collected and put aside in your life. Ray Bradbury
Aiden Wilson Tozer quote: "The man who has God for his treasure has all things in one."
The man who has God for his treasure has all things in one. Aiden Wilson Tozer
Genius is a word that is very loosely used nowadays. It is ascribed to persons to whom a more sober judgement would be satisfied to allow talent. Genius and talent are very different things. Many people have talent; it is not rare: genius is. Talent is adroit and dexterous; it can be cultivated; genius is innate, and too often strangely allied to grave defects. But what is genius? W. Somerset Maugham
We are full of things which take us out of ourselves. Our instinct makes us feel that we must seek our happiness outside ourselves. Our passions impel us outside, even when no objects present themselves to excite them. External objects tempt us of themselves, and call to us, even when we are not thinking of them. And thus philosophers have said in vain, " Retire within yourselves, you will find your good there." We do not believe them, and those who believe them are the most empty and the... Blaise Pascal
Her dizziness has faded, but the rocking sensation continues. She feels as if her footing has been swept out from under her. Her body's interior has lost all necessary weight and is becoming a cavern. Some kind of hand is deftly stripping away everything that has constituted her as Eri until now: the organs, the senses, the muscles, the memories. She knows she will end up as a mere convenient conduit used for the passage of external things. Her flesh creeps with the overwhelming sense of... Haruki Murakami
George R. R. Martin quote: "You know the best thing about heroes, Jaime? They all die..."
You know the best thing about heroes, Jaime? They all die young and leave more women for the rest of us. George R. R. Martin

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