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World Quotes (page 446)

Besides, I myself have now for a long time ceased to look for anything more beautiful in this world, or more interesting, than the truth; or at least than the effort one is able to make towards the truth. Maurice Maeterlinck
Sean O'Casey quote: "All the world's a stage, and most of us are desperately..."
All the world's a stage, and most of us are desperately under-rehearsed. Sean O'Casey
L. M. Montgomery quote: "Well, one must be a slave to something in this kind of a..."
Well, one must be a slave to something in this kind of a world,' he said. L. M. Montgomery
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "The wide world is all about you; you can fense yourselves in,..."
The wide world is all about you; you can fense yourselves in, but you cannt forever fence it out. J. R. R. Tolkien
If in this shadowland of life thou hast. Found one true heart to love thee, hold it fast; Love it again, give all to keep it thine, For love like nothing in the world can last. Richard Le Gallienne
PIPPIN: I didn't think it would end this way. GANDALF: End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it. PIPPIN: What? Gandalf? See what? GANDALF: White shores, and beyond, a far green country under a swift sunrise. PIPPIN: Well, that isn't so bad. GANDALF: No. No, it isn't. J. R. R. Tolkien
I get all the arguments against it. I even get the one that says... "I don't know if I want to bring another kid into this world." But how do you argue with the logic of loving one that's already here? John Cusack
Fashion and snobbery are also valuable as a defense against literary indigestion. Regardless of their quality, it is always better to read a few books carefully than skim through many, and, short of a personal taste which cannot be formed overnight, snobbery is as good a principle of limitation as any other. I am eternally grateful, for example, to the musical fashion of my youth which prevented me from listening to Italian Opera until I was over thirty, by which age I was capable of really... W. H. Auden
For the good of all, I say: Be careful, the brutality of the world must not be more powerful or attractive than love and friendship. Elie Wiesel
(Joe) Dimaggio was, in fact, mostly just a cold fish. Not even his brother Dom, who played outfield for the Red Sox..., seemed to care much for the Yankee Clipper. As someone best summed up Dimaggio: "What kind of guy learns to love the most beautiful woman in the world only after she dies? Frank Deford
Stephen King quote: "In many ways the world is nothing but a pile of shit. But it..."
In many ways the world is nothing but a pile of shit. But it can also be very beautiful. Stephen King
Dream or nightmare, we have to live our experience as it is, and we have to live it awake. We live in a world which is penetrated through and through by science and which is both whole and real. We cannot turn it into a game simple by taking sides. Jacob Bronowski
Joan Didion quote: "A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty."
A single person is missing for you, and the whole world is empty. Joan Didion
Isak Dinesen quote: "In a world of fools, I was, I think, to him one of the greater..."
In a world of fools, I was, I think, to him one of the greater fools. Isak Dinesen
As a sobbing Wood passed Harry the Cup, as he lifted it into the air, Harry felt he could have produced the world's best Patronus. J. K. Rowling

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