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W. S. Merwin quote: "On the last day of the world. I would want to plant a tree"
On the last day of the world. I would want to plant a tree W. S. Merwin
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants andnot give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if somethingcould have materialized -- and never knowing. David Viscott
You ARE Zaphod Beeblebrox?' 'Yeah,' said Zaphod, 'but don't shout it out or they'll all want one.' 'THE Zaphod Beeblebrox?' 'No, just A Zaphod Beeblebrox, didn't you hear I come in six packs?' 'But sir,' it squealed, 'I just heard on the sub-ether radio report. It said you were dead...' 'Yeah, that's right, I just haven't stopped moving yet. Douglas Adams
The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery. They're the kind of people who'd stop to help you change a flat, but would somehow manage to set your car on fire. I would be reluctant to entrust them with a Cuisinart, let alone the economy. The Republicans, on the other hand, would know how to fix your tire, but they wouldn't bother to stop because they'd want to be on time for Ugly Pants Night at the... Dave Barry
Ginger: You know what the greatest tragedy is in the whole world?... It's all the people who never find out what it is they really want to do or what it is they're really good at. It's all the sons who become blacksmiths because their fathers were blacksmiths. It's all the people who could be really fantastic flute players who grow old and die without ever seeing a musical instrument, so they become bad plowmen instead. It's all the people with talents who never even find out. Maybe they... Terry Prachett
Bill Moyers quote: "News is what people want to keep hidden and everything else is..."
News is what people want to keep hidden and everything else is publicity. Bill Moyers
Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from point B to point A very fast. People living at point C, being a point directly in between, are often given to wonder what's so great about point A that so many people from point B are so keen to get there, and what's so great about point B that so many people from point A are so keen to get there. They often wish that people would just once and for all work out where the hell... Douglas Adams
Janet Evanovich quote: "I am not menopausal. I just wanted half an hour alone. Is that..."
I am not menopausal. I just wanted half an hour alone. Is that too much to ask? A crappy half hour! Janet Evanovich
Albert Camus quote: "I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on..."
I had only a little time left and I didn't want to waste it on God. Albert Camus
Bill Bryson quote: "I was heading to Nebraska. Now there's a sentence you don't..."
I was heading to Nebraska. Now there's a sentence you don't want to say too often if you can possibly help it. Bill Bryson
John Keats quote: "I want a brighter word than bright"
I want a brighter word than bright John Keats
The outer conditions of a person's life will always be found to be harmoniously related to his inner state...Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are. James Allen
Then the anguish increased to unendurable massivity and nightmare dimensions, making her scream and vomit. She wanted...to have her dark curls shaved to an aquamarine prickle, because they grew into her porous skull and curled inside. Jigsaw pieces of sky or wall came apart, no matter how delicately put together, but a careless jolt or a nurse's elbow can disturb so easily those lightweight fragments which became incomprehensible blancs of anonymous objects, or the blank backs of 'Scrabble'... Vladimir Nabokov
No,' he said, 'memory's a poor thing to have. It's your own real hair and mouth and arms and eyes and hands I want. I didn't know I could ever love anything so much... Philip Pullman
Just thinking about a friend makes you want to do a happy dance, because a friend is someone who loves you in spite of your faults. Charles M. Schulz

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