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The little waiter's eyebrows wandered about his forehead in confusion.
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confusion
effect
humour
service
waiter
zaphod-beeblebrox
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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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death
denial
effect
forever
itch
knowledge
life
mutilated
pain
result
unimaginable
wound
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Robin Hobb |
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Cause and effect are never divided between two people.
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cause
effect
human-relationships
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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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careful
effect
love
only
pause
rational
repeat
wise
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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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discuss
effect
embarrass
human
noise
quiet
relation
silence
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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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cause
cause-and-effect
cliche
effect
life
life-lessons
life-philosophy
life-quotes
result
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Robin Wasserman |