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Willing Quotes (page 651)

...when he looks at Beauty in the only way that Beauty can be seen - only then will it become possible for him to give birth not to images of virtue (because he's in touch with no images), but to true virtue [arete] (because he is in touch with true Beauty). The love of the gods belongs to anyone who has given to true virtue and nourished it, and if any human being could become immortal, it would be he. Plato
Philip Larkin quote: "what will survive of us is love"
what will survive of us is love Philip Larkin
He will not succeed in this," Taran said. "Somehow, we must find a way to escape. We dare not lose hope." "I agree absolutely," Fflewddur answered. "Your general idea is excellent; it's only the details that are lacking... Lloyd Alexander
Are you going to do it?" he asked. "Maybe," I said. Don't 'maybe' me, baby. It's written all over you. I'd almost be willing to go along, you know. Of all my relations, I like sex the best and Eric the least."I lit a cigarette, while I considered. Roger Zelazny
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "Stick and stones may break your bones, but words will never..."
Stick and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you. Chuck Palahniuk
Sylvia Day quote: "Jax Cassidy is delightful! Her lush, lyrical way with words..."
Jax Cassidy is delightful! Her lush, lyrical way with words will draw you in and keep you turning the pages. Sylvia Day
Garrison Keillor quote: "life (pause) is a struggle, and if you should feel really..."
...life (pause) is a struggle, and if you should feel really happy, be patient: this will pass. Garrison Keillor
Now, I say to you today my friends, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: - 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. Martin Luther King jr.
Every child in America should be acquainted with his own country. He should read books that furnish him with ideas that will be useful to him in life and practice. As soon as he opens his lips, he should rehearse the history of his own country. Noah Webster
Christopher Isherwood quote: "I am a camera, with its shutter open. Someday, all of this..."
I am a camera, with its shutter open. Someday, all of this will be developed, printed, fixed. Christopher Isherwood
The reader's ear must adjust down from loud life to the subtle, imaginary sounds of the written word. An ordinary reader picking up a book can't yet hear a thing; it will take half an hour to pick up the writing's modulations, its ups and downs and louds and softs. Annie Dillard
Georges Bataille quote: "In what will survive me. I am in harmonywith my annihilation."
In what will survive me. I am in harmonywith my annihilation. Georges Bataille
We all know that books will burn -- yet we have the greater knowledge that books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory... Franklin D. Roosevelt
Our interpreting the universe as an artifact absolutely requires that we posit an author for it, or a celestial fimmaker, dramatist, painter, sculptor, composer, architect, or choreographer. And no one has been willing openly to posit such an artist for the universe since the American transcedentalists and before them the Medieval European philosophers. Annie Dillard
The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has ever been before. Albert Einstein

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