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Thing Quotes (page 915)

I've discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, "To hell with you. Saul Bellow
Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace, The soul that knows it not, knows no release, From little things; Knows not the livid loneliness of fear. Nor mountain heights where bitter joy can hear. The sound of wings. Amelia Earhart
So we'll live, And pray, and sing, and tell old tales, and laugh. At gilded butterflies, and hear poor rogues. Talk of court news; and we'll talk with them too--Who loses and who wins; who's in, who's out--And take upon 's the mystery of things. As if we were God's spies... William Shakespeare
Leo Tolstoy quote: "To educate the peasantry, three things are needed: schools,..."
To educate the peasantry, three things are needed: schools, schools and schools. Leo Tolstoy
Remember on this one thing, said Badger. The stories people tell have a way of taking care of them. If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive. That is why we put these stories in each other's memories. This is how people care for themselves. Barry Lopez
You'd think people had better things to gossip about," said Ginny as she sat on the common room floor, leaning against Harry’s legs and reading the Daily Prophet. "Three Dementor attacks in a week, and all Romilda Vane does is ask me if it’s true you’ve got a Hippogriff tattooed across your chest." Ron and Hermione both roared with laughter. Harry ignored them. What did you tell her?" I told her it's a Hungarian Horntail," said Ginny, turning a page of the newspaper idly. "Much more... J. K. Rowling
I had come to Charleston as a young boy, a lonely visitor slouching through its well-tended streets, a young boy, lean and grassy, who grew fluent in his devotion and appreciation of that city's inestimable charm. I was a boy there and saw things through the eyes of a boy for the last time. The boy was dying and I wanted to leave him in the silent lanes South of Broad. I would leave him with no regrets except that I had not stopped to honor his passing. I had not thanked the boy for his... Pat Conroy
Kenny Chesney quote: "the more you live the more things reflect all around you!!!!"
the more you live the more things reflect all around you!!!! Kenny Chesney
The Calormens have dark faces and long beards. They wear flowing robes and orange-colored turbans, and they are a wise, wealthy, courteous, cruel and ancient people. They bowed most politely to Caspian and paid him long compliments all about the fountains of prosperity irrigating the gardens of prudence and virtue --and things like that-- but of course what they wanted was the money they had paid. C. S. Lewis
Neil Gaiman quote: "It begins, as most things begin, with a song."
It begins, as most things begin, with a song. Neil Gaiman
Friendship is unnecessary, like philosphy like art... It has no survival value; rahter it is one of those things that give valuse to survival. Alice Duer Miller
Immanuel Kant quote: "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was..."
Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was even made. Immanuel Kant
Malcolm Muggeridge quote: "There is no such things as darkness, only a failure to see."
There is no such things as darkness, only a failure to see. Malcolm Muggeridge
Knowing too much about other people puts you in their power, they have a claim on you, you are forced to understand their reasons for doing things and then you are weakened. Margaret Atwood
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself. Surely a curious thing. That I should innocently take a bad half-crown of somebody else's manufacture, is reasonable enough; but that I should knowingly reckon the spurious coin of my own make, as good money! Charles Dickens

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