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Worldly Quotes (page 252)

Tom Robbins quote: "There are people in this world who can wear whale masks and..."
There are people in this world who can wear whale masks and people who cannot, and the wise know to which group they belong. Tom Robbins
Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I am not the same, the next question is "Who in the world am I? Lewis Carroll
Winifred Holtby quote: "Oh, lovely world,' thought Sarah, in love with life and all..."
Oh, lovely world,' thought Sarah, in love with life and all its varied richness. Winifred Holtby
Like no one else,' I told him in a letter written at the end of July, 'you share that part of my mind that associates itself mostly with ideal things and places....The impression thinking about you gives me is very closely linked with that given me by a lonely hillside or a sunny afternoon or wind on the moorlands or rich music...or books that have meant more to me than I can explain, or the smell of the earth after a shower or the calmness of the sky at sunset....This is grand, but still it... Vera Brittain
They claim their labours are to build a heaven yet their heaven is populated with horrors. Perhaps the world is not made. Perhaps nothing is made. A clock without a craftsman. It's too late. Always has been, always will be…too late. Alan Moore
Alice Hoffman quote: "Another world must surely exist somewhere one where she would..."
Another world must surely exist somewhere one where she would be known in some deep way that was far beyond words. Alice Hoffman
But let's face it, the world of sex is weird no matter how you look at it. I mean-fourteen hours after you've had your face smashed into someone's genitals, you're walking down the street with the boy as though that were all "just fine, thank you, how are you! Carrie Fisher
Peter Matthiessen quote: "This world is painted on a wild dark metal"
This world is painted on a wild dark metal Peter Matthiessen
Are there so many fascinating, exciting things to do or so many challenges pressing down upon you that it is hard to keep focused on that which is essential? When things of the world crowd in, all too often the wrong things take highest priority. Then it is easy to forget the fundamental purpose of life. Satan has a powerful tool to use against good people. It is distraction. He would have good people fill life with 'good things' so there is no room for the essential ones. Have you... Richard G. Scott
It can be really painful to have to face how fucked up shit is and how scared people are…of being alive. Scared of things that are amazing. Scared of things that aren’t like television or aren’t dead. A lot of people can’t deal with three-dimensional human beings, they only know how to deal with other products — they see themselves as other products. When the world only treats you like a dot on a marketing scheme, you can learn to treat yourself and other people like that. Kathleen Hanna
Martin Luther quote: "My father and mother did not think they should have brought a..."
My father and mother did not think they should have brought a superintendent into the world. Martin Luther
There comes a time when one must be strong with rationalists, for they can reduce anything whatever to dust, if they happen not to like the look of it, or if it threatens their deep-buried negativism. I mean of course rationalists like you, who take some little provincial world of their own as the whole of the universe and the seat of all knowledge. Robertson Davies
But when day came, with a sprinkle of rain, and he looked about him and saw on every side an unknown woods, wild heaths, and blue mountain, he thought how large and strange the world was and felt frightened and small. C. S. Lewis
There is no reason in the world why you should not be important where you are known. You have good sense, and a sweet temper, and I am sure you have a grateful heart, that could never receive kindness without hoping to return it. I do not know any better qualifications for a friend and companion. Jane Austen
Jodi Picoult quote: "You can be strapped to the most stable chair and still feel..."
You can be strapped to the most stable chair and still feel the world give way beneath you. Jodi Picoult

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