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World Quotes (page 410)

Roald Dahl quote: "the world is a scary place for such a small child"
the world is a scary place for such a small child Roald Dahl
Christ said that illumination is found only by putting everything one has in jeopardy. Thou, of all humans, should understand the courage that is required to reject the secure blessings of society in order to woo the unpredictable ecstasies of the solitary soul. It is true that Christ had little enthusiasm for dance or copulation, that he took ’right’ and ’wrong’ too seriously and set himself apart from the natural world, Tom Robbins
Each on of us must suffer long to himself before he can learn that he is but one in a great community of wretchedness, which has been pitilessly repeating itself from the foundation of the world. William Dean Howells
People in the real world would kill for a happily ever after, and you're willing to just throw it away ?"I look away from her. "It's hardly a happily ever after when you wind up right at the beginning. Jodi Picoult
There is a thing called knowledge of the world, which people do not have until they are middle-aged. It is something which cannot be taught to younger people, because it is not logical and does not obey laws that are constant. It has no rules. T. H. White
Whites were bright as fresh-fallen snow, yellow shone like gold, reds turned to flame, but the shadows were so black they looked like holes in the world. George R. R. Martin
So come to the pond, or the river of your imagination, or the harbor of your longing, and put your lips to the world. And liveyour life. Mary Oliver
Mitch Albom quote: "Shouldn't the world stop? Don't they know what has happened to..."
Shouldn't the world stop? Don't they know what has happened to me? Mitch Albom
Oscar Wilde quote: "The world is a stage, but the play is badly written."
The world is a stage, but the play is badly written. Oscar Wilde
Robert Louis Stevenson quote: "Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue..."
Our business in this world is not to succeed, but to continue to fail, in good spirits. Robert Louis Stevenson
It might be thought that this was a poor way to accumulate a princely fortune--and so it was, a very poor way indeed. But I am on of those that never take on about princely fortunes, and I am quite content if the world is ready to board and lodge me, while I am putting up at this grim sign of the Thunder Cloud. Herman Melville
You know I hate, detest, and can't bear a lie, not because I am straighter than the rest of us, but simply because it appals me. There is a taint of death, a flavour of mortality in lies, - which is exactly what I hate and detest in the world - what I want to forget. It makes me miserable and sick, like biting something rotten would do. Joseph Conrad
But then again, chance has nothing to do with it. Your two fates did not cross through mere happenstance. The two of you set foot in this world because you were meant to enter it. And now that you have entered it, like it or not, each of you will be assigned your proper role here. Haruki Murakami
Richard Ford quote: "The world is a more engaging and less dramatic place than..."
The world is a more engaging and less dramatic place than writers ever give it credit for being Richard Ford
Stephen Fry quote: "The girl who played Gwendolen stood out like a good deed in a..."
The girl who played Gwendolen stood out like a good deed in a naughty world. Stephen Fry

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