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Thing Quotes (page 834)

That night the first frost of autumn struck Tucker's Grove. It crept up from the ground, snaring the fragile roots of plants. It emerged from the air, etching its signature on window-panes. A portent. The year was nearing its end. Things would die soon. Kevin J. Anderson
I drew out my purse; a meagre thing it was. 'Five shillings, sir.' He took the purse, poured the hoard into his palm and chuckled over it as if its scantiness pleased him. Charlotte Bronte
I saw that she was crying. Before I knew it, I was kissing her. Others on the platform were staring at us, but I didn't care about such things anymore. We were alive, she and I. And all we had to think about was continuing to live. Haruki Murakami
Marianne Williamson quote: "...a miracles is a reasonable thing to ask for."
...a miracles is a reasonable thing to ask for. Marianne Williamson
My lord said, amongst other things, that he did not propose to burden the doctor with the details of his genealogy. He consigned the doctor and all his works, severally and comprehensively described, to hell, and finished up his epic speech by a pungent and Rabelaisian criticism of the whole race of leeches. Georgette Heyer
Idries Shah quote: "Learn to be as analytical about things of which you are..."
Learn to be as analytical about things of which you are credulous as you are of those which you criticise. Idries Shah
Very important thing to keep in mind, that when justice comes and when injustices are remedied, they’re not remedied by the initiative of the national government or the politicians. They only respond to the power of social movements. Howard Zinn
I think I'll be a clown when I get grown," said Dill. "Yes, sir, a clown... There ain't one thing in this world I can do about folks except laugh, so I'm gonna join the circus and laugh my head off. Harper Lee
Cosmos is a Greek word for the order of the universe. It is, in a way, the opposite of. Chaos. It implies the deep interconnectedness of all things. It conveys awe for the intricate andsubtle way in which the universe is put together. Carl Sagan
Was this normalcy-predictable patterns, the certainty of doing the same thing everyday? Because if so, normalcy was about to make me freak out and start screaming. James Patterson
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "On a night without moon or stars you can't see a thing, but..."
On a night without moon or stars you can't see a thing, but you can imagine anything. Chuck Palahniuk
Whatever you call them, they look like someone smashed a fly over the comma,” Ketchum said to Danny, about all the semicolons. “The only writing I do are letters to you and your dad, but I’ve written rather a lot of them, and in all those letters, I don’t believe I’ve ever used as many of those damn things as you use on any one fucking page of this novel.” “They’re called semicolons, Ketchum,” the writer said. John Irving
Knowing those things are going to kill you," she said, "and still you do it."How differently I might behave," Tom said, "if immortality were an option. Stephen Fry
Philip Larkin quote: "Most things may never happen: this one will."
Most things may never happen: this one will. Philip Larkin
Therefore he willed that the hearts of Men should seek beyond the world and should find no rest therein; but they should have a virtue to shape their life, amid the powers and chances of the world, beyond the Music of the Ainur, which is as fate to all things else; and of their operation everything should be, in form and deed, completed, and the world fulfilled unto the last and smallest. J. R. R. Tolkien

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