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Jodi Picoult quote: "The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what..."
The wolves knew when it was time to stop looking for what they'd lost, to focus instead on what was yet to come. Jodi Picoult
Even now when I'm furious, what I would like to do is to punch the infuriating person flat on the ground. That solves nothing I know, and I spent a lot of time understanding my own violence, which is not of the pussycat kind. There are people who could never commit murder; I am not one of those people. It's better to know it, better to know who you are, and what lies in you, and what you could do, might do, under extreme provocation. Jeanette Winterson
What happened after that had a dreamlike quality: in a dream I saw the jury return, moving like underwater swimmers, and Judge Taylor's voice came from far away, and was tiny. I saw something only a lawyer's child could be expected to see, could be expected to watch for, and it was like watching Atticus walk into the street, raise a rifle to his shoulder and pull the trigger, but watching all the time knowing that the gun was empty. Harper Lee
The demon coughed nervously. Demons do not breathe; however, every intelligent being, whether it breathes or not, coughs nervously at some time in its life. And this was one of them as far as the demon was concerned. Terry Prachett
The knowledge that she could learn to love a man had always meant more to her than loving him effortlessly, more even than falling in love, and that was why she now felt that she was on the threshold of a new life, a happiness bound to endure for a very long time. Orhan Pamuk
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "When railroading time comes you can railroad—but not before."
When railroading time comes you can railroad—but not before. Robert A. Heinlein
Haruki Murakami quote: "It's sometimes hard to avoid losing. Nobody's going to win all..."
It's sometimes hard to avoid losing. Nobody's going to win all the time. Haruki Murakami
Isak Dinesen quote: "But by the time that I had nothing left, I myself was the..."
But by the time that I had nothing left, I myself was the lightest thing of all for fate to get rid of. Isak Dinesen
In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up. Martin Niemoller
John Cassavetes quote: "We don't take the time to be vulnerable with each other"
We don't take the time to be vulnerable with each other John Cassavetes
I believe we must do things in our lives for the right reasons, because we enjoy doing them, with no expectation of getting something back in return. Otherwise, we are constantly being disappointed." She moved her turquoise bracelet back and forth on her wrist. "So I had two sons, John and Richard, because I wanted to, not because I thought they would rescue me in old age. I got out of all social organizations and clubs in my fifties so I could spend time with my grandchildren, not... Terry Tempest Williams
Vilfredo Pareto quote: "For a very long time, and among a large number of peoples,..."
For a very long time, and among a large number of peoples, political power has belonged to the owners of the land. Vilfredo Pareto
I wouldn't wish now to digress into the philosophy of the relationship between life and logic , but we shall agree that it was a good thing we were not wholly logical. For if we had been , we would have surrendered at the end of April or the beginning of May 1992. The entire logic of the world was against us at that time. And now we have these illogical people who say: we have no food, we have no bullets , but we'll fight and win. what is one to do with them? They are good, courageous people. Alija Izetbegovic
Sue Monk Kidd quote: "I felt half the time I was impersonating a girl instead of..."
I felt half the time I was impersonating a girl instead of really being one. Sue Monk Kidd
It would not be a good place for the heroine of a modern novel to stay at. The heroine of a modern novel is always “divinely tall,” and she is ever “drawing herself up to her full height.” At the “Barley Mow” she would bump her head against the ceiling each time she did this. Jerome K. Jerome

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