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The little waiter's eyebrows wandered about his forehead in confusion.
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humour
zaphod-beeblebrox
waiter
confusion
effect
service
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Douglas Adams |
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The death of Nighteyes gutted me. I walked wounded through my life in the days that followed, unaware of just how mutilated I was. I was like the man who complains of the itching of his severed leg. The itching distracts from the immense knowledge that one will forever after hobble through life.
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pain
death
life
forever
denial
effect
itch
mutilated
unimaginable
wound
result
knowledge
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Robin Hobb |
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Cause and effect are never divided between two people.
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human-relationships
cause
effect
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Max Frisch |
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"He repeated it carefully, pausing for effect. " 'Love is the only rational act."
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repeat
love
pause
only
rational
wise
effect
careful
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Mitch Albom |
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People don't believe in consequences anymore.
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effect
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Mohsin Hamid |
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And slowly a discussion begins - as Morrie has wanted all along - about the effect of silence on human relations. Why are we embarrassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise?
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relation
silence
human
embarrass
effect
discuss
quiet
noise
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Mitch Albom |
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cliche but accurate: Kick a football, then ask it whether it meant to fly. All action demands an equal and opposite reaction. You can't blame an object battered by inertial forces; you can't blame me, bouncing through the pinball machine of life.
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life-quotes
life-lessons
life
cause-and-effect
cliche
cause
effect
result
life-philosophy
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