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It's the way that life asserts itself, no matter what the circumstances. Of course it must be a miserable existence. How could it not be? Yet those little girls manage to live; to breathe; to enjoy themselves. They laugh and they are full of curiosity and tenderness. They adjust, I believe that's the word. They adjust and they reach for the stars in their own way. I tell you it's wondrous to me. They make me think of the wild flowers that grow in the cracks of pavement, just pushing up into... Anne Rice
My life has been the polar opposite of safe, but I am proud of it and so is my son, and that is good enough for me. I would do it all over again without changing the beat, although I have never recommended it to others. That would be cruel and irresponsible and wrong, I think, and I am none of those things. Hunter S. Thompson
Only those who know the supremacy of the intellectual lifethe life which has a seed of ennobling thought and purpose withincan understand the grief of one who falls from that serene activity into the absorbing soul-wasting struggle with worldly annoyances. George Eliot
Anthony Trollope quote: "He was one of those men who, as in youth they are never very..."
He was one of those men who, as in youth they are never very young, so in age are they never very old. Anthony Trollope
Mark Twain quote: "All say, ‘how hard it is that we have to die’ -- a strange..."
All say, ‘how hard it is that we have to die’ -- a strange complaint to come from the mouths of those who have had to live. Mark Twain
Lewis Carroll quote: "Speak English!' said the Eaglet. 'I don't know the meaning of..."
Speak English!' said the Eaglet. 'I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and I don't believe you do either! Lewis Carroll
There are people who are willing to suffer and swallow their tears at leisure, and God will not doubt reward them in heaven for their resignation; but those who have the will to struggle strike back at fate in retaliation for the blows they receive. Do you intend to fight back at fate, Valentine? That's what I came here to ask you.-Maximilien Morrel Alexander Dumas
I came to believe it not true that "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave man only one." I think it is the other way around: It is the brave who die a thousand deaths. For it is imagination, and not just conscience, which doth make cowards of us all. Those who do not know fear are not truly brave. Leo Rosten
In America, the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefit of their inexperience. Oscar Wilde
Monsters exist because they are part of the divine plan, and in the horrible features of those same monsters the power of the creator is revealed. Umberto Eco
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "Idiot people like Angel Delaporte who look for a supernatural..."
Idiot people like Angel Delaporte who look for a supernatural reason for ordinary events, those people drive Misty nuts. Chuck Palahniuk
There is no surer way to misread any document than to read it literally. ... As nearly as we can, we must put ourselves in the place of those who uttered the words, and try to divine how they would have dealt with the unforeseen situation; and, although their words are by far the most decisive evidence of what they would have done, they are by no means final. Learned Hand
You cut up a thing that's alive and beautiful to find out how it's alive and why it's beautiful, and before you know it, it's neither of those things, and you're standing there with blood on your face and tears in your sight and only the terrible ache of guilt to show for it. Clive Barker
Graham Greene quote: "What do we ever get nowadays from reading to equal the..."
What do we ever get nowadays from reading to equal the excitement and the revelation in those first fourteen years? Graham Greene
Leonardo da Vinci quote: "Time stays long enough for those who use it."
Time stays long enough for those who use it. Leonardo da Vinci

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