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122c1cb She'd got so used to not wanting to go out and be sociable that saying no had become her natural default setting. The moment anyone invited her anywhere, her brain began scrambling for plausible excuses as to why she couldn't make it. Jill Mansell
d8a7a16 And just because she was crossing her fingers didn't mean her wish would come true. Jill Mansell
bb1e306 Just because it's normal doesn't make it any easier. Jill Mansell
2cc2cad Was this rock bottom? Had he finally hit it? Jill Mansell
74ed8df It might not be much. OK, it wasn't much. But it was a start. Jill Mansell
9bc7af5 She was tired, her back was aching, and her life was. Jill Mansell
0955253 He remembered hearing Karl tell James once that it was hard for people to ever know what they really looked like. Reflections in mirrors weren't accurate, Karl said, because when you stared at yourself in a mirror, you subconsciously composed your face in a way that wasn't your natural expression. Marvin wondered it that was true when you were with strangers too. Maybe you only looked like your true self with the people you loved. And maybe.. love mirror reflections reflective self true-self Elise Broach
c053309 I hurried after Sam, calling, "You might wait for us!" The last word, though it was but one syllable, covered two octaves, for my voice broke, as it had been doing lately with alarming frequency. Sam turned back with a mischievous grin on his face. "Was that your voice cracking, or were you attempting to yodel?" -- Gary L. Blackwood
8841992 I don't really understand what politics are ... I'm concerned with injustice ... I'm not attuned to politics, I'm just attuned to people.' He Peter Doggett
0755597 Some things may never change but other things can be so completely different that they make the things that don't change bearable. hope life love Donna VanLiere
1b981c0 Here's something you must know and don't forget it - animals never lie. They don't like, they don't put on disguises, and they are always true to what they are. That's why you can trust them. Jonathan Carroll
d5d9257 Listening to him, I realized how lucky I was not to have had a wonderful childhood. Those who do, or those who peak in their early years, have only that remembered joy or strength to tide them over the rest of their lives. Nothing could ever be as good as that time; for them nothing ever is. Jonathan Carroll
d24918a Paru let ia kollektsioniroval avtoruchki. Odnazhdy na bloshinom rynke vo Frantsii ia uvidel, kak kakoi-to chelovek peredo mnoi vzial s lotka odnu ruchku i stal rassmatrivat'. Po shestiugol'noi zvezde na kolpachke ia srazu ponial, chto eto "monblan". Staryi "monblan". Ia zamer kak vkopannyi i nachal povtoriat' pro sebia: "POLOZhI EE, NE POKUPAI!" No tshchetno - chelovek prigliadyvalsia k nei vse vnimatel'nei. Togda mne zakhotelos', chtoby on.. Jonathan Carroll
d2cd8be A wish is a dream come true. Since dreams are never clear, they invariably disappoint. Jonathan Carroll
848f383 Pilot had never seen this particular ghost before. Head resting on paws, he mildly wondered what it was doing here. Dogs see ghosts about as often as people see cats. They're there but they're no big deal. Jonathan Carroll
148c3fb Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue. --Eugene O'Neill My Donna VanLiere
2884eee I've noticed most people are at their best during the day, in the light. Night fascinates you with its mystery and potential, but it's ominous too because things are easily hidden or lost in the dark, especially control. Most species I've encountered are powerless there. No matter where that dark is--inside or out--you are all at its mercy. It's harder to lose things and easier to find them, including yourself, in the light. Jonathan Carroll
474b138 Quei ragazzini che non avevano nessun timore dell'incubo di Haden adulto non ci misero molto a finirlo. I grandi dimenticano cosa significhi non aver paura. Un mostro non e un mostro se non ti spaventa. Jonathan Carroll
6d0ab61 Flannery amava i cimiteri. Gli piacevano l'ordine e la bellezza artificiale che vi regnavano, perche sapeva che nascevano dal timore, dalla paura. Non certo dall'amore della gente per i propri defunti. Per lui i cimiteri non erano altro che inutili e patetici reliquiari che gli esseri umani cercavano di erigere per allontanare lo spauracchio della morte. paura Jonathan Carroll
584de2b These days the couple coexisted uneasily in an edgy state where both knew a separation was inevitable and imminent but neither was brave enough to say so. They were in the almost-terminal stage where trivial things the partner does are keenly noticed and continuously resented; how they wipe the kitchen counters after a meal, the messy state of the bathroom after their shower, the toilet seat up, the toilet seat down. Things routinely ignore.. Jonathan Carroll
65f32a3 Great sleep dreams seduce and sometimes torture. The best ones can almost break our heart when we awaken from them and find ourselves back...here. Jonathan Carroll
2556b25 Old age arrives like the first days of fall. One afternoon you look up, or smell something in the air, and know instinctively things have changed. I suppose the same thing is true about our own death. Suddenly it's near enough that we can smell it Jonathan Carroll
da7d412 Night keeps its own sounds to itself because most of them come from the other side of silence. Jonathan Carroll
ab69d4d At eight you're dead serious about what the world owes you: Civilization starts in your own room and moves out from there. Jonathan Carroll
9906a24 I'd say I'm living, but I'm not alive without you Jonathan Carroll
df9341f Everybody wants to know why we're here, so we search for that answer. We want to know who we belong to so we search for those people and all the while God is whispering, 'Here I am. family hope love Donna VanLiere
63e8464 So much of life is made up of questions that we think matter today but are forgotten tomorrow. Donna VanLiere
f64c9ed You better find out what you want in life, because that's what you're going to get! James Kirkwood Jr.
d7feff5 What is life? a tale that is told; What is life? a frenzy extreme, A shadow of things that seem; And the greatest good is but small, That all life is a dream to all, And that dreams themselves are a dream. -Segismundo Pedro Calderón de la Barca
c18bd7b Pero veate yo y muera; que no se, rendido ya, si el verte muerte me da, el no verte que me diera. Pedro Calderón de la Barca
17d40ed When unjust laws are duly weighed, The king, too, may be disobeyed. They owed their true prince everything. rule Pedro Calderón de la Barca
8eee1ba Que tanto gusto habia en quejarse, un filosofo decia, que, a trueco de quejarse, habian las desdichas de buscarse. Pedro Calderón de la Barca
8f3119c Que es la vida? Un frenesi; ?Que es la vida? Una ilusion, Una sombra, una ficcion, Y el mayor bien es pequeno; Que toda la vida es sueno, Y los suenos, suenos son. La vida es sueno Pedro Calderon de la Barca Nieves García Bautista
9d58db1 Que es la vida? Un frenesi. ?Que es la vida? Una ficcion, una sombra, una ilusion, y el mayor bien es pequeno; que toda la vida es sueno, y los suenos, suenos son. Pedro Calderón de la Barca
46b6132 If I saw myself erewhile Prisoned, bound, kept out of sight, 'Twas that never on my mind Dawned the truth; but now I know Who I am -- a mingled show Of the man and beast combined. Pedro Calderón de la Barca
2945fe3 a quien le dana el saber homicida es de si mismo! Pedro Calderón de la Barca
2bfc101 Any instrument whatever Would be out of tune that sought To combine and blend together The true feelings of the heart With the false words speech expresses. Pedro Calderón de la Barca
93c894c Suena el rico en su riqueza, que mas cuidados le ofrece; suena el pobre que padece su miseria y su pobreza; suena el que a medrar empieza, suena el que afana y pretende, suena el que agravia y ofende, y en este mundo, en conclusion, todos suenan lo que son, aunque ninguno lo entiende. Pedro Calderón de la Barca
3c689ac Que es la vida? Una ficcion, una sombra, una ilusion, y el mayor bien es pequeno; que toda la vida es sueno, y los suenos, suenos son. Pedro Calderón de la Barca
0d1f7cd The Indian, in truth, no longer has a country. He is reduced to starvation or to warring to the death. The Indian's first demand is that the white man shall not drive off his game and dispossesses him of his lands. How can we promise this unless we prohibit emigration and settlement...The end is sure and dreadful to contemplate. General John Pope Stephen E. Ambrose
1a17d46 Pvt. Robert Fruling said he spent two and a half days at Pointe-du-Hoc, all of it crawling on his stomach. He returned on the twenty-fifth anniversary of D-Day "to see what the place looked like standing up" (Louis Lisko interview, EC)." Stephen E. Ambrose
0d4e2e1 A critical fact in the world of 1801 was that nothing moved faster than the speed of a horse. No human being, no manufactured item, no bushel of wheat, no side of beef (or any beef on the hoof, for that matter), no letter, no information, no idea, order, or instruction of any kind moved faster. Stephen E. Ambrose
afc0e89 The looting was profitable, fun, low-risk, and completely in accord with the practice of every conquering army since Alexander the Great's time. Stephen E. Ambrose
3114b24 Nor did the Americans find it necessary to wage a ruthless campaign. As has been mentioned previously, both sides respected Stephen E. Ambrose