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e5ccb71 I exist, that is all, and I find it nauseating. Jean-Paul Sartre
6661c3e Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me. Herman Melville
48f9b31 In a very real sense not one of us is qualified, but it seems that God continually chooses the most unqualified to do his work, to bear his glory. If we are qualified, we tend to think that we have done the job ourselves. If we are forced to accept our evident lack of qualification, then there's no danger that we will confuse God's work with our own, or God's glory with our own. work god weakness humility Madeleine L'Engle
badd106 That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence? Yann Martel
d48df3c We sit and listen and are enthralled anew, for good stories, it seems, never lose their magic. Libba Bray
51bbb0e What happens if your choice is misguided?' I ask, softly. Miss Moore takes a pear from the bowl and offers us the grapes to devour. 'You must try to correct it.' 'But what if it's too late? What if you can't?' There's a sad sympathy in Miss Moore's catlike eyes as she regards my painting again. She paints the thinnest sliver of shadow along the bottom of the apple, bringing it fully to life. 'Then you must find a way to live with it. Libba Bray
97c63ce Reject the basic assumptions of civilization, especially the importance of material possessions. Chuck Palahniuk
8fc0c30 I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my true self. Why was that so very difficult? Hermann Hesse
0ab0742 DESTINY is a feeling you have that you know something about yourself nobody else does. The picture you have in your own mind of what you're about WILL COME TRUE. It's a kind of a thing you kind of have to keep to your own self, because it's a fragile feeling, and you put it out there, then someone will kill it. It's best to keep that all inside. Bob Dylan
016ff9a The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. worship magistrate roman-empire useful organized-religion rome Edward Gibbon
869e446 She sighed, annoyed at her restlessness. "So," she said, disrupting Wolf in another backward glance. "Who would win in a fight--you or a pack of wolves?" He frowned at her, all seriousness. "Depends," he said, slowly, like he was trying to figure out her motive for asking. "How big is the pack?" "I don't know, what's normal? Six?" "I could win against six," he said. "Any more than that and it could be a close call." Scarlet smirked. "You're.. humor fights pack Marissa Meyer
40284c5 Oh look, yet another Christmas TV special! How touching to have the meaning of Christmas brought to us by cola, fast food, and beer.... Who'd have ever guessed that product consumption, popular entertainment, and spirituality would mix so harmoniously? Bill Watterson
c54b988 I hate you' she said to me one afternoon. 'I really, really hate you.' Call me sensitive, but I couldn't help but take it personally. hate sensitive David Sedaris
96d94bc If you asked me now who I am, the only answer I could give with any certainty would be my name. For the rest: my loves, my hates, down even to my deepest desires, I can no longer say whether these emotions are my own, or stolen from those I once so desperately wished to be. Evelyn Waugh
37be770 They never see me coming. Know why? Because I'm already there. Lisa Scottoline
011c7c0 If I am going to spend eternity visiting this moment and that, I'm grateful that so many of those moments are nice. Kurt Vonnegut
19b9154 I came here looking for a Great Perhaps, for real friends and a more-than-minor life.. John Green
c83ec99 It's kind of like when you look at yourself in the mirror and you say your name. And it gets to a point where none of it seems real. Well, sometimes I can do that, but I don't need an hour in front of a mirror. It just happens very fast, and things start to slip away. And I just open my eyes, and I see nothing. And then I start to breathe really hard trying to see something, but I can't. It doesn't happen all the time, but when it does, it .. Stephen Chbosky
4868d7a Are you out of your mind?" It's not polite to lie to your best friend. "It's a possibility." Ilona Andrews
2d72acd Fool that I am," said he,"that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself"." Alexandre Dumas
2192d39 It's a good thing most people bleed on the inside or this would be a gory, blood-smeared earth. diary marijuana pot go-ask-alice drugs heroin Beatrice Sparks
078562f Everything stinks till it's finished. humor inspirational Dr. Seuss
8f02eb4 I've gotta get out of the basement. I've gotta see the world. I've gotta make a difference inspirational Gerard Way
d65022c Know from whence you came. If you know whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations to where you can go. inspirational James Baldwin
d9a0f2d Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this. abyss risk nature learning science inspirational preconceptions open-minded peace-of-mind preparation humble facts peace Thomas Huxley
a444b4f Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation. inspirational albert-einstein einstein loner Albert Einstein
e887bc8 Potential has a shelf life. potential Margaret Atwood
8dfc9b0 Life is a lot more fragile than we think. So you should treat others in a way that leaves no regrets. Fairly, and if possible, sincerely. Haruki Murakami
48fed47 If you really want to know something, you have to be willing to pay the price. Haruki Murakami
28ce559 I know how difficult it can be when the image you've had of something doesn't match its reality; when the friend beside you turns into a monster. Jodi Picoult
405d62e A great hope fell Emily Dickinson
9383be1 Oof," he says. "Hey, there's a bed there." "Thanks for the warning." "No problem." Stephanie Perkins
3145d03 Why was the blind guy playing with matches, you ask? Because he's good at it. Anything to do with fire, igniting things, exploding things, things with fuses, wicks, accelerants . . . Iggy's your man. It's one of those good/bad things. James Patterson
fc56859 And for that one moment of freedom you have to listen to all that love crap... it drive me nuts sometimes... I want to kick them out immediately... I do now and then. But that doesn't keep them away. They like it, in fact. The less you notice them the more they chase after you. There's something perverse about women... they're all masochists at heart. relationships women Henry Miller
b6c31df You're so beautiful," said Alice. "I'm afraid of looking at you and not knowing who you are." "I think that even if you don't know who I am someday, you'll still know that I love you." "What if I see you, and I don't know that you're my daughter, and I don't know that you love me?" "Then, I'll tell you that I do, and you'll believe me." women early-onset-alzheimer-s mother-daughter Lisa Genova
196ab5d Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks - on your body or on your heart - are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt. Anthony Bourdain
de04826 I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony. So, I shall end an old maid, and teach your ten children to embroider cushions and play their instruments very ill. pride-and-prejudice Jane Austen
dc13304 He who controls the spice controls the universe. spice Frank Herbert
ab0497a She's kept her love for him as alive as the summer they first met. In order to do this, she's turned life away. Sometimes she subsists for days on water and air. Being the only known complex life-form to do this, she should have a species named after her. Once Uncle Julian told me how the sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti said that sometimes just to paint a head you have to give up the whole figure. To paint a leaf, you have to sacrif.. loss sadness love Nicole Krauss
6919f94 Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him. Paulo Coelho
576b510 Never be ashamed,' he said. 'Accept what life offers you and try to drink from every cup. All wines should be tasted; some should only be sipped, but with others, drink the whole bottle.' 'How will I know which is which?' 'By the taste. You can only know a good wine if you have first tasted a bad one. paulo-coelho Paulo Coelho
b1b59e2 A court that wouldn't just change the world. It would start the world over. Sarah J. Maas
ac7b1fe Do you know when they say soul-mates? Everybody uses it in personal ads. "Soul-mate wanted". It doesn't mean too much now. But soul mates- think about it. When your soul-whatever that is anyway-something so alive when you make music or love and so mysteriously hidden most of the rest of the time, so colorful and big but without color or shape-when your soul finds another soul it can recognize even before the rest of you knows about it. The .. Francesca Lia Block
756bb9c That was horrible. Horrible. That poor little guy." Pex was unrepentant. "Yeah, well, he asked for it. Calling us ... all those things." But---buried alive! That's like in that horror movie. Y'know -- the one with all the horror." I think I saw that one. With all the words going up on the screen at the end?" Yeah, that was it. Tell you the truth, those words kinda ruined it for me." stupidity humor horror-movies killers Eoin Colfer