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Thing Quotes (page 415)

You see, now that trials have come, they have shown that I am NOT a nice child. I was afraid they would. Perhaps...that is what they were sent for...I suppose there MIGHT be good in things [trials], even if we don't see it. Frances Hodgson Burnett
You know, some people got no choice, and they can never find a voice, to talk with that they can even call their own. So the first thing that they see, that allows them the right to be, why they follow it, you know, it’s called bad luck.. Lou Reed
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "It took courage to let things fall apart so beautifully."
It took courage to let things fall apart so beautifully. Jeffrey Eugenides
Graham Greene quote: "The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her."
The next best thing to talking to her is talking about her. Graham Greene
...and he would have also to endure his book like a form of fatigue, to accept it like a discipline, build it up like a church, follow it like a medical regime, vanquish it like an obstacle, win it like a friendship, cosset it like a little child, create it like a new world without neglecting those mysteries whose explanation is to be found probably only in worlds other than our own and the presentiment of which is the thing that moves us most deeply in life and in art. Marcel Proust
We need music the most when we’re feeling things really intensely. I think the most intense times in your life are when you’re either falling in love or losing it Taylor Swift
William Gass quote: "time cannot do to ordinary things what we timelessly do to one..."
time cannot do to ordinary things what we timelessly do to one another. William Gass
Norton Juster quote: "And it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you..."
And it's much the same thing with knowledge, for whenever you learn something new, the whole world becomes that much richer. Norton Juster
These things are going to eat away at me... I rewrite the script in my head until it's 100-proof poison, and none of it helps at all. Nick Hornby
Meister Eckhart quote: "As long as I am this or that, I am not all things."
As long as I am this or that, I am not all things. Meister Eckhart
Paulo Coelho quote: "It's the simple things in life that are the most..."
It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary; only wise men are able to understand them Paulo Coelho
The first intimation I had that things were about to hot up was a pained and disapproving cough from the neighbourhood of the carpet. P. G. Wodehouse
One thing I know beyond doubt. Had [Babbage] overheard someone he respected praise him highly it would have sweetened life for him for more than a day. We are starved for praise. It reconciles us with life. ... Self-doubt is at the core of our being. We need people who by their attitude and words will convince us that we are not as bad as we think we are. Hence the vital role of judicious praise. Eric Hoffer
Dave Grohl quote: "The most important thing for me is my family, and my health..."
The most important thing for me is my family, and my health and happiness, and making sure everyone's cool. Dave Grohl
Doug Coupland quote: "We'll go to a place that's quiet and dry and talk about..."
We'll go to a place that's quiet and dry and talk about precious things. Doug Coupland

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