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Not altogether a fool," said G., "but then he's a poet, which I take to be only one remove from a fool."True," said Dupin, after a long and thoughtful whiff from his meerschaum, "although I have been guilty of certain doggerel myself. Edgar Allan Poe
Love is universal migraine, A bright stain on the vision. Blotting out reason. Symptoms of true love. Are leanness, jealousy, Laggard dawns; Are omens and nightmares -Listening for a knock, Waiting for a sign: For a touch of her fingers. In a darkened room, For a searching look. Take courage, lover! Could you endure such pain. At any hand but hers? Robert Graves
For the best part of 40 years she had genuinely believed that not doing things would somehow prevent regret, when, of course, the exact opposite was true. Nick Hornby
Laurell K. Hamilton quote: "the true way to a man's heart is six inches of metal between..."
the true way to a man's heart is six inches of metal between his ribs? You have to love Anita Blak? ... Laurell K. Hamilton
Rumi quote: "If in the darkness of ignorance, you don’t recognize a..."
If in the darkness of ignorance, you don’t recognize a person’s true nature, look to see whom he has chosen for his leader. Rumi
If you are a member of a small group or class, I urge you to make a group covenant that includes the nine characteristics of biblical fellowship: We will share our true feelings (authenticity), forgive each other (mercy), speak the truth in love (honesty), admit our weaknesses (humility), respect our differences (courtesy), not gossip (confidentiality), and make group a priority (frequency). Rick Warren
Simone Weil quote: "Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility."
Compassion directed toward oneself is true humility. Simone Weil
Michael Faraday quote: "Within the laws of Nature, nothing is too wonderful to be true."
Within the laws of Nature, nothing is too wonderful to be true. Michael Faraday
We cannot indefinitely avoid depressing subject matter, particularly it it is true, and in the subsequent quarter century the world has had to hear a story it would have preferred not to hear - the story of how a cultured people turned to genocide, and how the rest of the world, also composed of cultured people, remained silent in the face of genocide. (v) Elie Wiesel
When Mary Lennox was sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle everybody said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. It was true too . . . she was as tyrannical and selfish a little pig as ever lived. Frances Hodgson Burnett
The true function of logic ... as applied to matters of experience ... is analytic rather than constructive; taken a priori, it shows the possibility of hitherto unsuspected alternatives more often than the impossibility of alternatives which seemed prima facie possible. Thus, while it liberates imagination as to what the world may be, it refuses to legislate as to what the world is Bertrand Russell
Daisaku Ikeda quote: "A person's true nature is revealed at times of the greatest..."
A person's true nature is revealed at times of the greatest adversity. Daisaku Ikeda
Terry Prachett quote: "It is said that the Devil has all the best tunes. This is..."
It is said that the Devil has all the best tunes. This is broadly true. But Heaven has the best choreographers Terry Prachett
But in the night he woke and held her tight as though she were all of life and it was being taken from him. He held her feeling she was all of life there was and it was true. Ernest Hemingway
And then there are always clever people about to promise you that everything will be all right if only you put yourself out a bit... And you get carried away, you suffer so much from the things that exist that you ask for what can't ever exist. Now look at me, I was well away dreaming like a fool and seeing visions of a nice friendly life on good terms with everybody, and off I went, up into the clouds. And when you fall back into the mud it hurts a lot. No! None of it was true, none of those... Emile Zola

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