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Mary Oliver quote: "He is exactly the poem I wanted to write."
He is exactly the poem I wanted to write. Mary Oliver
Haruki Murakami quote: "People fall in love without reason, without even wanting to...."
People fall in love without reason, without even wanting to. You can't predict it. That's love. Haruki Murakami
Rene Magritte quote: "I do not like money, either for itself or for what it can buy,..."
I do not like money, either for itself or for what it can buy, since I want nothing we know about. Rene Magritte
You have a high opinion of yourself, Anita. Confident. I like that. Always so much more entertaining to break someone strong. The weaklings fold and cry and snivel, but the brave ones, they almost demand that you hurt them." He stalked towards me, reaching out one white spider-hand. "Do you want me to hurt you? Laurell K. Hamilton
I would like to bring to people something like happiness. I would like to discover a method so that if I want it to rain, it will start right away to rain. If one of my friends is ill, I'd like to play a certain song and he will be cured; when he'd be broke, I'd bring out a different song and immediately he'd receive all the money he needed. John Coltrane
I could offer no consolation and I do not think he wanted any. There are situations in which consolation only threatens the equilibrium that time has instituted. John Fowles
...it can be so boring being you sometimes, and if you were the most special thing like that, it could be really great, but maybe some people say the same thing about you, and you want to tell those people: 'No, you're stupid, it's no fun being me. James Franco
The bonds between ourselves and another person exists only in our minds. Memory as it grows fainter loosens them, and notwithstanding the illusion by which we want to be duped and which, out of love, friendship, politeness, deference, duty, we dupe other people, we exist alone. Man is the creature who cannot escape from himself, who knows other people only in himself, and when he asserts the contrary, he is lying. Marcel Proust
It was one of those rare moments where life delivers on the promises offered by Hollywood... I just stood there and watched her disappear like the pathetic, 'romantic' coward I was (and still am, I guess)... In a way, it was a perfect moment -- everything I had been waiting for... People like me probably don't want anything to actually happen to them anyway... Daniel Clowes
(...)There’s the cab, Hopkins, and you can remove your man. If you want me for the trial, my address and that of Watson will be somewhere in Norway –I’ll send particulars later. Arthur Conan Doyle
Oscar Wilde quote: "There are only two tragedies in life. One is not getting what..."
There are only two tragedies in life. One is not getting what you want, and the other is getting it. Oscar Wilde
Mitch Albom quote: "Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one..."
Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something else. Mitch Albom
Leon Battista Alberti quote: "No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if..."
No art, however minor, demands less than total dedication if you want to excel in it. Leon Battista Alberti
Among other things, my own experience has led me to believe that American naivete can sometimes be more than it seems; it can hide something we Europeans can't or don't want to understand. Roberto Bolano
Only nut cases want to be president. This was true even in high school. Only clearly disturbed people ran for class president. Kurt Vonnegut

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