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While discussing the monster:"It sounds like the combination of water being poured into a glass," Miss Hawkline said, "A dog barking and the muttering of a drunk parrot. And very, very loud."I think we're going to need the shotgun for this one," Cameron said. Richard Brautigan
Names are a great mystery. I've never known whether the name is molded by the child or the child changed to fit the name. But you can be sure of this- whenever a human has a nickname it is a proof that the name given him was wrong. John Steinbeck
Her hair, drawn back off her ears, brushed her shoulders in such a way that the face seemed to have just emerged from it, as if this were the exact moment when she was coming from a wood into clear moonlight. The unknown yielded her up; Dick wished she had no background, that she was just a girl lost with no address save the night from which she had come. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Throughout history, religious leaders and other honorable men of conscience have always warned against this shaming confusion. They remind us that the poor have hearts, minds, humanity, and wisdom just like everyone else. When Hans Hansen sees a poor man he feels sorry for him. He would not necessarily assume that the man's a fool who's blown his chances or a drunk who's lost his will. Orhan Pamuk
He wished to ignore all but here and now, to be as though he had only just entered the world and were destined to be eternal. Bus his memory survived, even though he never deliberately made use of it; and though the things which had been Isabels were destoryed, he could not guard against chance reminders. Chance had found many gaps in his defenses this morning. Aldous Huxley
Howard Schultz quote: "My passion. My commitment. This is the most important thing in..."
My passion. My commitment. This is the most important thing in my life other than my family. Howard Schultz
I shall never do that,' I answered; 'you have brought detection as near an exact science as it ever will be brought in this world. Arthur Conan Doyle
Charlaine Harris quote: "how shall we go about this?" Dermot asked. He was blond and..."
how shall we go about this?" Dermot asked. He was blond and Claude was dark; the looked like gorgeous bookends. Charlaine Harris
John Lennon quote: "Reporter lady: What's that color? John: Hm. I'd call this a..."
Reporter lady: What's that color? John: Hm. I'd call this a color! John Lennon
When we feel incomplete, we might search for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we’re still unfulfilled, we may blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Tom Robbins
TO MY COLLABORATOR who buys the ink and paper laughs and, in fact, does all the really difficult part of the business this book is gratefully dedicated in memory of a winter’s morning in Switzerland A. A. Milne
Mary Oliver quote: "What is it you want to do with this wild, precious life."
What is it you want to do with this wild, precious life. Mary Oliver
Billy Corgan quote: "To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this..."
To me, music was about being accepted and escaping from this crummy existence Billy Corgan
I thence invoke my thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. John Milton
He yearned to know nothing more about himself, to find peace, to be dead. If only lightning could come and kill him. If only a tiger could come and devour him. If only there were a wine, a poison that could bring him a stupor, bring him sleep and oblivion and no more awakening. Was there any filth with which he had not soiled himself, any sin or folly he had not committed, any spiritual bleakness with which he had not burdened himself? Was it still possible to go on living? Was it possible to... Herman Hesse

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