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f108739 Not dating is a choice, not a failure. Laurell K. Hamilton
01089fe Dead is the stoppest stop of all. Laurell K. Hamilton
0316dd9 It is the wee hours of the morning, . The room service menu is somewhat limited. Jason has donated blood twice to me tonight; he needed protein." Jean-Claude smiled. "It was either take-out, or he could eat Larry. I thought you'd prefer take-out." Laurell K. Hamilton
30f45fc You cannot miss what you never had, but you can miss forever the man you loved and lost. Laurell K. Hamilton
870bbe9 I'd made sure I knew his name. You shouldn't ask people to die for you if you don't at least know their name. Laurell K. Hamilton
9839654 The wonder to me is not that she made it through at all but that she made it through so relatively intact, so vibrant. So free of bitterness and so empty of resentment. Luke Davies
4b58ede Honesty is a gift we can give to others. It is also a source of power and an engine of simplicity. Sam Harris
bdc51ce Merely accepting that we are lazy, distracted, petty, easily provoked to anger, and inclined to waste our time in ways that we will later regret is not a path to happiness. Sam Harris
56db2cb Jesus Christ--who, as it turns out, was born of a virgin, cheated death, and rose bodily into the heavens--can now be eaten in the form of a cracker Sam Harris
efca4fb The feeling that we call "I" is itself the product of thought. Having an ego is what it feels like to be thinking without knowing that you are thinking." Sam Harris
db2e013 The year was 1987, but it might as well have been the Summer of Love: I was twenty, had hair down to my shoulders, and was dressed like an Indian rickshaw driver. For those charged with enforcing our nation's drug laws, it would have been only prudent to subject my luggage to special scrutiny. Happily, I had nothing to hide. "Where are you coming from?" the officer asked, glancing skeptically at my backpack. "India, Nepal, Thailand..." I sa.. Sam Harris
df620d2 While religious faith is the one species of human ignorance that will not admit of even the possibility of correction, it is still sheltered from criticism in every corner of our culture. Sam Harris
b0b8f90 Losing a belief in free will has not made me a fatalist - in fact, it has increased my feelings of freedom. My hopes, fears, and neuroses seem less personal and indelible. There is no telling how much I might change in the future. Just as one wouldn't draw a lasting conclusion about oneself on the basis of a brief experience of indigestion, one needn't do so on a basis of how one has thought or behaved for vast stretches of time in the past.. Sam Harris
0ca154b I will be satisfied to the extent that I see everything I have as a gift from God. Here is the truth: Everything you have - your money, talent, friendships, marriage, children, material possessions, health, home, bike, car, even the country you live in - is a gift from God that He had chosen out of His generous nature to give you. satisfaction somer-give-god Warren W. Wiersbe
ca0f849 There must be a government, said the first blind man, I'm not so sure, but there is, it will be a government of the blind trying to rule the blind, that is to say, nothingness trying to organize nothingness. governments José Saramago
602a51f God does not forgive the sins He makes us commit. José Saramago
b5f6556 n lS`wb@ l tkmn fy m`ysh@ lns .. nm fy fhmhm. José Saramago
cccd1fb The angel told her, An honest man who committed a crime, you have no idea how many honest men have committed crimes, their crimes are countless, and contrary to popular belief these are the only crimes that cannot be forgiven. José Saramago
86236d5 o que vem amanha e que conta, hoje e sempre nada José Saramago
ded1a5a I don't quite grasp your meaning. --Just as I don't quite understand what I am saying. But back to the point.... José Saramago
82cc7ca Hdhr ybny, `br@ ltmlq lmtkrr@ ln tkwn mrDy@ fy nhy@ l'mr, wbltly stSyr km lsubW@. José Saramago
e0eace2 don't ask me what good and what evil are, we knew what it was each time we had to act when blindness was an ex- ception, what is right and what is wrong are simply different ways of understanding our relationships with the others, not that which we have with ourselves, one should not trust the latter José Saramago
3924110 'm lslH l'qw~ w l'qT` fhw ljhl . knt syjysbyrtw tqwl fy `sh ywm myldh nh mn lmly'm 'l y`rfw,'lyqrw,'lyktbw,'lyHkw,'lyfkrw,'n y`tbrw wyqblw 'n lduny l yumkn tGyyrh,w 'n hdhh lHy@ hy lHtml lwHyd lmmkn ,bm hy `lyh ,n wr hdhh lHy@ tntZrhm ljn@ ,w'fDl mn yshrH dhlk hw l'b 'jmydys,wn l`ml ymnH lml w lkrm@,lkn bdwn 'n yufkrw 'n~ 'rbH 'kthr mnhm! José Saramago
0c629f6 The sun appears in one of the upper corners of the rectangle, on the left of anyone looking at the picture. José Saramago
f7c2519 The virtue of maps, they show what can be done with limited space, they foresee that everything can happen therein. imagination José Saramago
5b25255 La muerte esta enfadada. Es el momento de sacarle la lengua. José Saramago
2d658db um fazedor de versos que deixou a sua parte de loucura no mundo, e essa a grande diferenca que ha entre os poetas e os doidos, o destino da loucura que os tomou. José Saramago
aef134f 'n kl lqSS mshbh@ llqSS `n khlq lkwn, fl 'Hd kn hnk, l 'Hd shhd 'y shy, rGm dhlk fljmy` y`rf m qd jr~ ! José Saramago
8bef91b Everything that will happen will happen...and if you don't get to see it.. It will be because we didn't live long enough José Saramago
8f7240e Se eu voltar a ter olhos, olharei verdadeiramente os olhos dos outros, como se estivesse a ver-lhes a alma, A alma, perguntou o velho da venda preta, Ou o espirito, o nome pouco importa, foi entao que, surpreendentemente, se tivermos em conta que se trata de pessoa que nao passou por estudos adiantados, a rapariga dos oculos escuros disse, Dentro de nos ha uma coisa que nao tem nome, essa coisa e o que somos. José Saramago
2063622 Olharei a tua sombra se nao quiseres que te olhe a ti, disse-lhe, e ele respondeu, Quero estar onde minha sombra estiver, se la e que estiverem os teus olhos. Amavam-se e diziam palavras como estas, nao apenas por serem belas ou verdadeiras, se e possivel ser-se o mesmo ao mesmo tempo, mas porque pressentiam que o tempo das sombras estava chegando na sua hora, e era preciso que comecassem a acostumar-se, ainda juntos, a escuridao da ausenci.. José Saramago
8138ce8 hmh gnhkhr w bygnhym گناهکار کوری José Saramago
77083c4 If shame still has any meaning in this hell we're expected to live...it is thanks to that person who had the courage to go and kill,... Agreed, but shame won't fill our plates,... You're right in what you say, there have always been those who have filled their bellies because they had no sense of shame. José Saramago
9becfea Fighting and scars are part of a trader's overhead. But fighting is only useful when there's money at the end, and if I can get it without, so much the sweeter. Isaac Asimov
5562779 Victories over ingrained patterns of thought are not won in a day or a year. Isaac Asimov
72e1fe9 Saying something is 'too bad' is easy. You say you disapprove, which makes you a nice person, and then you can go about your business and not be interested anymore. It's a lot worse than 'too bad.' It's against everything decent and natural. Isaac Asimov
60f9a2d It's just that old people always think young people haven't really learned about love; and young people think that old people have forgotten about love; and, you know, they're both wrong. Isaac Asimov
8d66301 Galaxy, he hated them! He stopped himself, drew a firm breath...There was no use thinking hate...He had learned to bear in silence. He ought not forget what he had learned now. Of all times, not now. Isaac Asimov
145c9ef I tell you it's deadly when you start thinking your wife might be right. science-fiction Isaac Asimov
4eca3b9 The robot said, 'I have been trying, friend Julius, to understand some remarks Elijah made to me earlier. Perhaps I am beginning to, for it suddenly seems to me that the destruction of what should not be, that is, the destruction of what you people call evil, is less just and desirable than the conversion of thi sevil into what you call good.' He hesitated, then, almost as though he were surprised at his own owrds, he said, 'Go, and sin n.. Isaac Asimov
7547b1d A great many things are possible." And to himself he added: But not practical." Isaac Asimov
294d3ce A knotty puzzle may hold a scientist up for a century, when it may be that a colleague has the solution already and is not even aware of the puzzle that it might solve. information-age open-source puzzles solving-problems Isaac Asimov
cad2304 After all, the essential point in running a risk is that the returns justify it. Isaac Asimov
154b804 Only a lie that wasn't ashamed of itself could possibly succeed Isaac Asimov