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Thing Quotes (page 927)

Sue Monk Kidd quote: "The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters."
The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters. Sue Monk Kidd
What if everything you see is more than what you see--the person next to you is a warrior and the space that appears empty is a secret door to another world? What if something appears that shouldn't? You either dismiss it, or you accept that there is much more to the world than you think. Perhaps it is really a doorway, and if you choose to go inside, you'll find many unexpected things. Shigeru Miyamoto
As the eye of narrative drew back from the coffin on its stand, two things happened. One happened comparatively slowly, and this was Vargo's realisation that he never recalled the coffin having a pillow before. The other was Greebo deciding that he was as mad as hell and wasn't going to take it any more. Terry Prachett
A real flame of love is a subtle thing. It burns as a will-o'-the-wisp, dancing onward to fairy lands of delight. It roars as a furnace. Too often jealousy is the quality upon which it feeds. Theodore Dreiser
Anton Chekhov quote: "He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write..."
He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things. Anton Chekhov
Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty. David Hume
Winston Churchill quote: "The United States invariably does the right thing, after..."
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. Winston Churchill
The cup of tea on arrival at a country house is a thing which, as a rule, I particularly enjoy. I like the crackling logs, the shaded lights, the scent of buttered toast, the general atmosphere of leisured cosiness. P. G. Wodehouse
Nora Roberts quote: "People [are] as much a source of entertainment as they [are] a..."
People [are] as much a source of entertainment as they [are] a source of irritation. it keep[s] things balanced. Nora Roberts
Giving, not getting, brings to full bloom the Christmas spirit. Enemies are forgiven, friends remembered, and God obeyed. The spirit of Christmas illuminates the picture window of the soul, and we look out upon the world’s busy life and become more interested in people than things. To catch the real meaning of the “spirit of Christmas,” we need only drop the last syllable, and it becomes the “Spirit of Christ. Thomas S. Monson
Epictetus quote: "What saith Antisthenes? Hast thou never heard? It is a kingly..."
What saith Antisthenes? Hast thou never heard? It is a kingly thing, O Cyrus, to do well and to be evil spoken of. Epictetus
Infatuation was a good thing. It gave spice to life, and added to its enjoyment... But it was different from love. Love was worth everything, and couldn't be exchanged for anything. Paulo Coelho
John Steinbeck quote: "Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That..."
Out of all this struggle a good thing is going to grow. That makes it worthwhile. John Steinbeck
I'm quite certain that if the rest of the world vanished overnight and the development of cricket were left in Australian hands, within a generation, the players would be wearing shorts and using the bats to hit each other, and the thing is, it'd be a much better game for it. Bill Bryson
Marriage has now taken the form of divorce: a prolonged and impassioned negotiation as to how things shall be divided. (from "Feminism, the Body, and the Machine") Wendell Berry

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