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Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "A man must be orthodox upon most things, or he will never even..."
A man must be orthodox upon most things, or he will never even have time to preach his own heresy. Gilbert K. Chesterton
At certain periods of life, we live years of emotion in a few weeks, and look back on those times as on great gaps between the old life and the new. William Makepeace Thackeray
Thus I stretch out my arms to my Saviour, who, after being foretold for four thousand years, came on earth to die and suffer for me at the time and in the circumstances foretold. By his grace I peaceably await death, in the hope of being eternally united to him, and meanwhile I live joyfully, whether in the blessings which he is pleased to bestow on me or in the affliction he sends me for my own good and taught me how to endure by his example. Blaise Pascal
Why must we all conceal What we think, how we feel? Must there be a secret me I'm forced to hide? I won't pretend that I'm Someone else for all time When will my reflection show Who I am inside? Christina Aguilera
The severe and at times almost condemning glance - a glance that seems to pass judgment - with which the homosexual appraises every good-looking young man he may encounter, is in reality a quick but intense meditation on his own loneliness Jean Genet
Far back in the mists of ancient time, in the great and glorious days of the former Galactic Empire, life was wild, rich and largely tax free. Mighty starships plied their way between exotic suns, seeking adventure and reward among the furthest reaches of Galactic space. In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri. And all dared to brave... Douglas Adams
And do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning. This is only the first sip, the first foretaste of a bitter cup which will be proffered to us year by year unless by a supreme recovery of moral health and martial vigour, we arise again and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time. Winston Churchill
George R. R. Martin quote: "The tree had been dead a long time, but itseemed to live again..."
The tree had been dead a long time, but itseemed to live again in the fire George R. R. Martin
It is a silent, shady place, with a paved courtyard so full of echoes, that sometimes I am tempted to believe that faint responses to the noises of old times linger there yet, and that these ghosts of sound haunt my footsteps as I pace it up and down. Charles Dickens
William Butler Yeats quote: "We had fed the heart on fantasies, / The heart’s grown brutal..."
We had fed the heart on fantasies, / The heart’s grown brutal from the fare." (Meditations in Time of Civil War) William Butler Yeats
Richard Brautigan quote: "One day. Time will die. And love will bury it"
One day. Time will die. And love will bury it Richard Brautigan
Effort ceases. Time flaps on the mast. There we stop; there we stand. Rigid, the skeleton of habit alone upholds the human frame Virginia Woolf
You will hear that she has left the country, that there was a gift she wanted you to have, but it is lost before it reaches you. Late one night the telephone will sign, and a voice that might be hers will say something that you cannot interpret before the connection crackles and is broken. Several years later, from a taxi, you will see someone in a doorway who looks like her, but she will be gone by the time your persuade the driver to stop. You will never see her again. Whenever it rains,... Neil Gaiman
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "The first time you meet that someone special, you can count on..."
The first time you meet that someone special, you can count on them one day being dead and in the ground. Chuck Palahniuk
After dinner they met again, to speak not of Byron but of manure. The other people were so clever and so amusing that it relieved her to listen to a man who told her three times not to buy artificial manure ready made, but, if she would use it, to make it herself at the last moment. Because the ammonia evaporated. Here were two packets of powder. E. M. Forster

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