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Willingly Quotes (page 550)

Virginia C. Andrews quote: "Love doesn't always come when you want it to. Sometimes it..."
Love doesn't always come when you want it to. Sometimes it just happens despite your will. Virginia C. Andrews
No philosophical theory which I have yet come across is a radical improvement on the words of Genesis, that 'In the beginning God made Heaven and Earth'. ... [I]f you compare it with the creation legends of other peoples--with all these delightful absurdities in which giants to be cut up and floods to be dried up are made to exist before creation--the depth and originality of this Hebrew folk tale will soon be apparent. C. S. Lewis
Stories of the beleaguered Saints and of their suffering and death will be repeated again and again...Stories of their rescue need to be repeated again and again. They speak of the very essence of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Gordon B. Hinckley
She’s my mate; that makes her mine. Forgetting that will see your neck no longer serving its purpose.” “I love it when you talk dirty,” she purred. “Give my regards to Lindsay. Sylvia Day
Let me have a draught of undiluted morning air. Morning air! If men will not drink of this at the fountainhead of the day, why, then, we must even bottle up some and sell it in the shops, for the benefit of those who have lost their subscription ticket to morning time in this world. Henry David Thoreau
Michel de Montaigne quote: "He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear."
He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear. Michel de Montaigne
He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent. He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is mighty. He who is satisfied with his lot is rich; he who goes on acting with energy has a (firm) will. He who does not fail in the requirements of his position, continues long; he who dies and yet does not perish, has longevity. Lao Tzu
I am very much in love with something; What it may be I can't remember; It will come to me. That was a roundabout drive in the snow, Owing to my erratic sense of direction! Christopher Fry
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. Douglas Adams
This cigarette tastes like ass," she said. I wasn't sure what ass tasted like, but she looked like she would know, so I was willing to take her word for it. Janet Evanovich
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "God is more generous than men and will measure them by a..."
God is more generous than men and will measure them by a different standard. Jorge Luis Borges
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow quote: "The life of man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming..."
The life of man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams but in active charity and in willing service. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ludwig Wittgenstein quote: "You can't think decently if you're not willing to hurt yourself"
You can't think decently if you're not willing to hurt yourself Ludwig Wittgenstein
Sometimes I shrink from your knowing what I have felt for you, and sometimes I am distressed that all of it you will never know. Thomas Hardy
Whenever A is oppressing B, it is clear to people of good will that B ought to be independent, but then it always turns out that there is another group C, which is anxious to be independent of B. The question is how large must a minority be before it deserves autonomy. George Orwell

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