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Blaise Pascal quote: "In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe..."
In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadow for those who don't. Blaise Pascal
Puddleglum,' they've said, 'You're altogether too full of bobance and bounce and high spirits. You've got to learn that life isn't all fricasseed frogs and ell pie. You want something to sober you down a bit. We're only saying it for your own good, Puddleglum.' That's what they say. Now a job like this --a journey up north just as winter's beginning looking for a prince that probably isn't there, by way of ruined city nobody's ever seen-- will be just the thing. If that doesn't steady a chap,... C. S. Lewis
Lao Tzu quote: "Loss is not as bad as wanting more."
Loss is not as bad as wanting more. Lao Tzu
If I got places, sir, it was because I made myself fit for 'em. If you want to slip into a round hole, you must first make a ball of yourself; that's where it is. George Eliot
I didn't want to be left alone with Timothy, not because I was afraid of him but because I was afraid that somebody would come into the office and see us sitting there, two matching rejects in matching orange chairs. Michael Chabon
Bram Stoker quote: "This man belongs to me, I want him!"
This man belongs to me, I want him! Bram Stoker
Norman Douglas quote: "If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving..."
If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things. Norman Douglas
Elizabeth Bowen quote: "Reason can never reconcile one to life: nothing allays the..."
Reason can never reconcile one to life: nothing allays the wants one cannot explain. Elizabeth Bowen
When we really want to go for something better, we shall smash the old. Until then, any sort of proposal, or making proposals, is no more than a tiresome game for self-important people. David Herbert Lawrence
That was all I wanted!" whispered Polly, in a tone which caused him to feel that the race of angels was not entirely extinct. Louisa May Alcott
Salman Rushdie quote: "Don't you know girls have to fool people every day of their..."
Don't you know girls have to fool people every day of their lives if they want to get anywhere? Salman Rushdie
What I really want to tell him is to pick up that baby of his and hold her tight, to set the moon on the edge of her crib and to hang her name up in the stars. Jodi Picoult
Who wants to die? Everything struggles to live. Look at that tree growing up there out of that grating. It gets no sun, and water only when it rains. It's growing out of sour earth. And it's strong because its hard struggle to live is making it strong. My children will be strong that way. Betty Smith
Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked. 'Where do you want to go?' responded the Cheshire Cat. 'I don't know,' Alice answered. 'Then,' said the Cat, 'it doesn't matter. Lewis Carroll
J. K. Rowling quote: "I want to fix that in my memory forever. Draco Malfoy, the..."
I want to fix that in my memory forever. Draco Malfoy, the amazing bouncing ferret... J. K. Rowling

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