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Beyle's advice is not to purchase engravings of fine views and prospects seen on one's travels, since before very long they will displace our memories completly, ideed one might say they destroy them. W. G. Sebald
Diana Wynne Jones quote: "Mother Very Easily Made Jam Sandwiches Under No Protest"
Mother Very Easily Made Jam Sandwiches Under No Protest Diana Wynne Jones
Oh, why must a man like that be made unhappy when there are lots of girls about who would worship the very ground he trod on? Bram Stoker
For love must be a very foolish thing to look back upon, when it has brought persons born to affluence into indigence, and laid a generous mind under obligation and dependence. Samuel Richardson
It does take great maturity to understand that the opinion we are arguing for is merely the hypothesis we favor, necessarily imperfect, probably transitory, which only very limited minds can declare to be a certainty or a truth. Milan Kundera
Satiety depends not at all on how much we eat, but on how we eat. It's the same with happiness, the very same...happiness doesn't depend on how many external blessings we have snatched from life. It depends only on our attitude toward them. There's a saying about it in the Taoist ethic: 'Whoever is capable of contentment will always be satisfied. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Martin Luther quote: "Now I know from this very word and deed of yours what free..."
Now I know from this very word and deed of yours what free choice is and is capable of, namely, madness. Martin Luther
L. Ron Hubbard quote: "To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may..."
To love in spite of all is the secret of greatness. And may very well be the greatest secret in this universe. L. Ron Hubbard
Tilting his head back he slowly released an enormous quantity of smoke from his mouth and drew it up through his nostrils. He continued to smoke in this "French-inhale" style. Very probably, it was not part of the sofa vaudeville of a showoff but, rather, the private, exposed achievement of a young man who, at one time or another, might have tried shaving himself left-handed. J. D. Salinger
If there is a any possible consolation in the tragedy of losing someone we love very much, it's the neccesary hope that perhaps it was for the best. Paulo Coelho
Swami Vivekananda quote: "The very reason for nature's existence is for the education of..."
The very reason for nature's existence is for the education of the soul. Swami Vivekananda
For even if we know very little that is certain about spirit or soul, the true nature of the body, of materiality, is totally unknown and incomprehensible to us. Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
Book light,” Grandma grumbles as I hurry her away from Dad’s boss and his wife. “Who the hell wants a book light?” “Lots of people,” I say. “They are very handy things to have. Meg Cabot
F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: "Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, and I..."
Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, and I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life. F. Scott Fitzgerald
Henry James quote: "he felt the whole vision turn to darkness and his very feet..."
...he felt the whole vision turn to darkness and his very feet give way. His head went round; he was going; he had gone. Henry James

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