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753d27e You can have all the desire and ache inside you want, but what you really need is a concrete starting point. Haruki Murakami
708a04c Irrepressible curiosity vied with an instinctive fear. Haruki Murakami
09a0646 Good question, but no answer. Good questions never have answers. Haruki Murakami
f3b1204 Ascribing meaning to life is a piece of cake compared to actually living it." -from "Hear the Wind Sing" Haruki Murakami
8892411 ltfkyr 'Slan fy 'n lmwt rH@ Gyr mnTqy blmr@ fm dmn lm nmt b`d l ymknn ljzm bshy'.qd ykwn lmwt 'b`d mm ntSwr `n lrH@ lmrtj@. Haruki Murakami
d25765a What would tomorrow bring? I wondered. Both hands on the wheel, I closed my eyes. I didn't feel like I was in my own body; my body was just a lonely, temporary container I happened to be borrowing. What would become of me tomorrow I did not know. Haruki Murakami
8810078 You shouldn't fear boundaries, but you also should not be afraid of destroying them. Haruki Murakami
e08fc08 Life While-You-Wait. Performance without rehearsal. Body without alterations. Head without premeditation. I know nothing of the role I play. I only know it's mine. I can't exchange it. I have to guess on the spot just what this play's all about. Ill-prepared for the privilege of living, I can barely keep up with the pace that the action demands. I improvise, although I loathe improvisation. I trip at every step over my own ignorance. I can'.. Wisława Szymborska
bf5fb5c If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer: let him step to the music that he hears. M.M. Kaye
874d341 There is nothing wrong with underlining personal agency, but there is something unfair about using personal responsibility as a basis for assigning blame while simultaneously denying those who are being blamed the opportunity to exert agency in their lives Paul Farmer
ad8e6fd I would have stolen it for you, had I known you were interested." His voice was muffled by the door to the lumber room down the hallway, and I heard thumps and a crash. I raised my voice a trifle more than mere volume required. "I'm interested because she was. Both of them, come to that--Damian's art is infused with mystic symbols and traditions." Holmes' voice answered two inches away from my ear, making me jerk and spray a handful of maps.. mary-russell religion sherlock-holmes Laurie R. King
4ffe004 My God...it can think. Laurie R. King
96f806f You don't get the pint, Woodrow, I've walked the earth in my pride all these years. If that's lost, then let the rest be lost with it. There's certain things my vanity won't abide. Larry McMurtry
0d8e59c I see you're in a hurry to get someplace. It's a great mistake to hurry." "Why?" Joe asked, puzzled by almost everything the traveler said. "Because the grave's our destination," Mr. Sedgwick said. "Those who hurry usually get to it quicker than those who take their time." Larry McMurtry
d7aa15f The notion of human right builds on our shared humanity. These rights are not derived from the citizenship of any country, or the membership of any nation, but are presumed to be claims or entitlements of every human being. They differ, therefore, from constitutionally created rights guaranteed for specific people. Amartya Sen
3c284f4 Learn to listen when people are talking. First, it's a great art, and second, it's quite possible that when people say one thing they mean another. Julie Andrews Edwards
807fefb I never expected you to love me, I didn't see any reason that you should, I never thought myself very lovable. W. Somerset Maugham
91e5134 Twin threads ran through her: fear and excitement. Kim Edwards
3363f8f Your bitter memories still have time to turn into sweet ones. Alexandre Dumas
fca9cb2 the overflow of my brain would probably, in a state of freedom, have evaporated in a thousand follies; it needs trouble and difficulty and danger to hollow out various mysterious and hidden mines of human intelligence. Pressure is required, you know, to ignite powder: captivity has collected into one single focus all the floating faculties of my mind; they have come into close contact in the narrow space in which they have been wedged. You .. Alexandre Dumas
7779432 It's easy to be friends with when shares the same opinions. friendship Alexandre Dumas
f0de3b4 Good fortune is the best of all mistresses. Alexandre Dumas
bb57e03 God orders a man to do all he can to save his life. Alexandre Dumas
3d1034f Here is Christianity with its marvellous parable of the Prodigal Son to teach us indulgence and pardon. Jesus was full of love for souls wounded by the passions of men; he loved to bind up their wounds and to find in those very wounds the balm which should heal them. Thus he said to the Magdalen: "Much shall be forgiven thee because thou hast loved much," a sublimity of pardon which can only have called forth a sublime faith. Why do we make.. Alexandre Dumas-fils
2cc7163 My dear fellow " Said Albert, turning to Franz " here is an admirable adventure; we will fill our carriage with pistols, blunderbusses, and double-barreled shotguns. Luigi Vampa comes to take us, and we take him - we bring him back to Rome , and present him to him holiness the Pope, who asks how he can repay so great a service; Then we merely ask for a cariage and a pair of horses, and we will see the Carnival in the carriage , and doubtles.. funny humor idea Alexandre Dumas
7d89c02 Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman and his colleagues have shown that what we remember about the pleasurable quality of our past experiences is almost entirely determined by two things: how the experiences felt when they were at their peak (best or worst), and how they felt when they ended. This "peak-end" rule of Kahneman's is what we use to summarize the experience, and then we rely on that summary later to remind ourselves .. Barry Schwartz
bc34c65 I was in bed at my beach house, but could not sleep because of some fried chicken in the icebox that I felt entitled to. I waited till my wife dropped off, and tiptoed into the kitchen. I remembered looking at the clock. It was precisely four-fifteen. I'm quite certain of this, because our kitchen clock has not worked in twenty-one years and is always at that time. I also noticed that our dog, Judas, was acting funny. He was sanding up on h.. Woody Allen
9090049 What if everything is an illusion and nothing exists? In that case, I definitely overpaid for my carpet. If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name at a Swiss bank. Woody Allen
fa37732 The chief problem about death, incidentally, is the fear that there may be no afterlife - a depressing thought, particularly for those who bothered to shave. Also, there is the fear that there is an afterlife but no one will know where it's being held. On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily laying down. death Woody Allen
d22019d These modern analysts! They charge so much. In my day, for five marks Freud himself would treat you. For ten marks, he would treat you and press your pants. For fifteen marks, Freud would let you treat him, and that included a choice of any two vegetables. Thirty dollars an hour! Fifty dollars an hour! The Kaiser only got twelve and a quarter for being Kaiser! And he had to walk to work! And the length of treatment! Two years! Five years! I.. Woody Allen
7087737 In perpetrating a revolution, there are two requirements: someone or something to revolt against and someone to actually show up and do the revolting. Dress is usually casual and both parties may be flexible about time and place, but if either faction fails to attend, the whole enterprise is likely to come off badly. Woody Allen
6cce940 To Succeed, you must reach for the stars, and let your imagination find its own path inspirational-quotes success Tahir Shah
f94540c Comedy is a distortion of what is happening, and there will always be something happening. comedy comedy-humor humor Steve Martin
a80aadb Within every bad thing I see good, and, likewise, within every good thing I see bad, however impossible it is to understand it or see it at the time. As humans we are the epitome of life; in life there is always balance. Life and death,male and female, good and bad, beautiful and ugly, win and lose, love and hate. Lost and found. Cecelia Ahern
deeb4d6 Every small things grows when you nurture it, Rosie. Love is just the same. But it that is making you miserable then leave and find something else that brings you the happiness you deserve to feel. Just listen to what your heart is saying and go with your gut instinct and it will lead you the right way. Other people don't have all the answers to the questions. Sometimes, we're all just as confused as you are. Cecelia Ahern
71b9dab fairy tales, just a fancy word for lies... fancy lies romance Cecelia Ahern
2513ab9 Any tightrope walker can walk in a straight line and hold a cane at the same time. It's the balancing on the rope at those dizzying heights that they have to practise Cecelia Ahern
593b744 When people are kids they use their parents as some sort of measurement for how bad a situation is. When you fall on the ground really hard and you can't figure out whether it hurts or not you look to your parents. If they look worried and rush towards you, you cry. If they laugh and smack the ground saying, 'Bold ground,' then you pick yourself up and get on with it. Cecelia Ahern
56b8ab9 When it comes to my memory there are three categories: things I want to forget, things I can't forget, and things I'd forgotten until I remember them. Cecelia Ahern
e71aa7b Knowledge is often a responsibility nobody wants Cecelia Ahern
d3e2bf2 She felt relieved to have known him, to love him and to be loved by him, and relief that the last thing he saw was her face smiling down on him, encouraging him and assuring him it was OK to let go. Cecelia Ahern
e9e3fb2 I lost my dad. He lost his tomorrows and I lost all the tomorrows with him. You could say that now, I appreciate them when they come. Now, I want to make them the best they can possibly be. Cecelia Ahern
86fffd0 Our minds do unusual things sometimes, Tamara. When we're looking for things it takes it upon itself to go down its own route. All we can do is follow life-and-living Cecelia Ahern
4d7369d The brave man isn't he who doesn't feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Cecelia Ahern