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Willingly Quotes (page 451)

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it. Samuel Johnson
But I know human nature, my friend, and I tell you that, suddenly confronted with the possibility of being tried for murder, the most innocent person will lose his head and do the most absurd things. Agatha Christie
A billion stars go spinning through the night, / glittering high above your head, / But in you is the presence that will be / when all the stars are dead. Rainer Maria Rilke
Cornelia Funke quote: "If you keep pretending you're in that book, it will make you..."
If you keep pretending you're in that book, it will make you not want to live in the life you're in. Cornelia Funke
When you go through a hard period, When everything seems to oppose you,... When you feel you cannot even bear one more minute, NEVER GIVE UP! Because it is the time and place that the course will divert! Rumi
Chuck Palahniuk quote: "After long enough, everyone in the world will be you enemy."
After long enough, everyone in the world will be you enemy. Chuck Palahniuk
Abraham Lincoln quote: "It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too..."
It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity. Abraham Lincoln
A good marriage, like any partnership, meant subordinating one's own needs to that of the other's, in the expectation that the other will do the same. Nicholas Sparks
I have always been interested in witchcraft and superstition, but have never had much traffic with ghosts, so I began asking people everywhere what they thought about such things, and I began to find out that there was one common factor - most people have never seen a ghost, and never want or expect to, but almost everyone will admit that sometimes they have a sneaking feeling that they just possibly could meet a ghost if they weren't careful - if they were to turn a corner too suddenly,... Shirley Jackson
Carlos Castaneda quote: "Forget the self and you will fear nothing, in whatever level..."
Forget the self and you will fear nothing, in whatever level or awareness you find yourself to be. Carlos Castaneda
Carl Jung quote: "Find out what a person fears most and that is where he will..."
Find out what a person fears most and that is where he will develop next. Carl Jung
Divorce lawyers stoke anger and fear in their clients, knowing that as long as the conflicts remain unresolved the revenue stream will keep flowing. Craig Ferguson
Why,' I said, quite surprised by my own eloquence in inventing all this stuff, 'it happens every day. The old old story. Boys and girls fall in love, that is, they are driven mad and go blind and deaf and see each other not as human animals with comic noses and bandy legs and voices like frogs, but as angels so full of shining goodness that like hollow turnips with candles put into them, they seem miracles of beauty. And the next minute the candles shoot out sparks and burn their eyes. And... Joyce Cary
Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion has no hold on the mind. Therefore do not use compulsion, but let early education be a sort of amusement; you will then be better able to discover the child's natural bent. Plato
Chorus of old men: If we give them the least hold over us, 'tis all up! their audacity will know no bounds! We shall see them building ships, and fighting sea-fights like Artemisia; nay if they want to mount and ride as cavalry, we had best cashier the knights, for indeed women excel in riding, and have a fine, firm seat for the gallop. Just think of all those squadrons of Amazons Micon has painted for us engaged in hand-to-hand combat with men. Aristophanes

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