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William Shakespeare quote: "For God's sake, let us sit upon the groundAnd tell sad stories..."
For God's sake, let us sit upon the groundAnd tell sad stories of the death of kings... William Shakespeare
Before Summer RainSuddenly, from all the green around you, something-you don't know what-has disappeared; you feel it creeping closer to the window, in total silence. From the nearby woodyou hear the urgent whistling of a plover, reminding you of someone's Saint Jerome: so much solitude and passion comefrom that one voice, whose fierce request the downpourwill grant. The walls, with their ancient portraits, glideaway from us, cautiously, as thoughthey weren't supposed to hear what we are... Rainer Maria Rilke
That’s the thing about a human life-there’s no control group, no way to ever know how any of us would have turned out if any variables had been changed. Elizabeth Gilbert
Nothin’ wrong with witchfinding. I’d like to be a witchfinder. It’s just, well, you’ve got to take it in turns. Today we’ll go out witchfinding, an’ tomorrow we could hide, an’ it’d be the witches’ turn to find US. Neil Gaiman
To build community requires vigilant awareness of the work we must continually do to undermine all the socialization that leads us to behave in ways that perpetuate domination. Bell Hooks
Our ex-wifes always harbour secrets about us that make them irresistable. Until, of course, we remember who we are and what we did and why we are not married anymore. Richard Ford
Jane Austen quote: "That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long..."
That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit. Jane Austen
I perceived or thought of the Light of God and in it suspended one small mote (or millions of motes to only one of which was my small mind directed), glittering white because of the individual ray from the Light which both held and lit it... And the ray was the Guardian Angel of the mote: not a thing interposed between God and the creature, but God's very attention itself, personalized... This is a finite parallel to the Infinite. As the love of the Father and Son (who are infinite and... J. R. R. Tolkien
Robert Fulghum quote: "Wherever and however any one of us may be conceived, it is the..."
Wherever and however any one of us may be conceived, it is the same. We come into being in the arms of God. Robert Fulghum
John Dryden quote: "We first make our habits, then our habits make us."
We first make our habits, then our habits make us. John Dryden
Andrew Carnegie quote: "When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade."
When fate hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade. Andrew Carnegie
George Bernard Shaw quote: "The word morality, if we met it in the Bible, would surprise..."
The word morality, if we met it in the Bible, would surprise us as much as the word telephone or motor car. George Bernard Shaw
My thought is that the average adjusted boy is, if anything, more humanly wasted than the disaffected. So let us go on to discuss his stupidity, his lack of patriotism, his sexual confusion, and his lack of faith. Paul Goodman
Walter Mosley quote: "The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by..."
The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures. Walter Mosley
Leonard Cohen quote: "Ah, grief makes us precise!"
Ah, grief makes us precise! Leonard Cohen

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