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0b09867 States vote to take away my marriage rights, and even though I don't want to get married, it tends to hurt my feelings. I guess what bugs me is that it was put to a vote in the first place. If you don't want to marry a homosexual, then don't. But what gives you the right to weigh in on your neighbor's options? It's like voting whether or not redheads should be allowed to celebrate Christmas. gay-lesbian homosexual humor David Sedaris
cc4a21c I was suddenly left with nothing in my hands but a handful of crazy stars. on-the-road stars Jack Kerouac
2498e46 While believing strongly, without evidence, is considered a mark of madness or stupidity in any other area of our lives, faith in God still holds immense prestige in our society. Religion is the one area of our discourse where it is considered noble to pretend to be certain about things no human being could possibly be certain about. It is telling that this aura of nobility extends only to those faiths that still have many subscribers. Anyo.. belief dogma faith religion Sam Harris
81559ef While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert...that as long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair. Jules Verne
35daaa3 There is a deep power in words that speak the truth P.C. and Kristin Cast
c17af04 How will it ever be bearable, Priestess?" His voice was rough. He sounded completely broken. "You'll see her again. She's with Nyx now. She'll either wait for you in the Goddess's meadow, or she'll be reborn and her soul will find you again during this lifetime. You can bear it because you know that spirit never really ends-we never really end." P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast
2721b45 Pigmentation was a quick and convenient way of judging a person. One of us, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., once proposed we instead judge people by the content of their character. He was shot. Jon Stewart
55e5b6e You can boast about anything if it's all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast. John Steinbeck
ad2bf75 People tend to criticize their spouse most loudly in the area where they themselves have the deepest emotional need. criticism love need romance Gary Chapman
b436810 I feel strong. Not strong enough to face myself, but strong enough to keep going. James Frey
d3d2359 They stared at each other, wanting each other, drawn to each other, but their silent shout of love went unheard in the roar of misunderstanding, and the clatter of culturally ingrained beliefs. love Jean M. Auel
9182770 In case of dissension, never dare to judge till you've heard the other side. dissent due-process fairness impartiality judgment justice Euripides
b3d679d When I speak of home, I speak of the place where in default of a better--those I love are gathered together; and if that place where a gypsy's tent, or a barn, I should call it by the same good name notwithstanding. Charles Dickens
9f920db Some people are nobody's enemies but their own Charles Dickens
212a089 The flesh surrenders itself. Eternity takes back its own. Our bodies stirred these waters briefly, danced with a certain intoxication before the love of life and self, dealt with a few strange ideas, then submitted to the instruments of Time. What can we say of this? I occurred. I am not...yet, I occurred. dune life Frank Herbert
10dc4f7 Added to their loveliness was a new mysterious suffering, perfectly silent, visible in the blue puffiness beneath their eyes or the way they would sometimes stop in mid-stride, look down, and shake their heads as though disagreeing with life. Jeffrey Eugenides
4c3440c Our behavior is a function of our decisions, not our conditions. Stephen R. Covey
a0cd835 I am always drawn back to places where I have lived, the houses and their neighborhoods. Truman Capote
809ef83 Though here at journey's end I lie In darkness buried deep, Beyond all towers strong and high, Beyond all mountains steep, Above all shadows rides the Sun And Stars for ever dwell: J.R.R. Tolkien
d3651b8 Tomorrow we may come this way, And take the hidden paths that run Towards the Moon or to the Sun J.R.R. Tolkien
549dd09 I hated waiting. If I had one particular complaint, it was that my life seemed composed entirely of expectation. I expected -- an arrival, an explanation, an apology. There had never been one, a fact I could have accepted, were it not true that, just when I had got used to the limits and dimensions of one moment, I was expelled into the next and made to wonder again if any shapes hid in its shadows. shadow waiting Marilynne Robinson
d0d6ccc She spilled rice on my knee, and she smiled. I wanted her to spill a thousand things on me, lava, acid, bricks, anything, and smile each time smile Ann Brashares
b98c5bd You look like you were chewed up by a wolf and shit down the wrong side of the mountain. What's wrong? Sherrilyn Kenyon
a164c27 Lovey-dovey bullshit. Now let me tell you about what happens when you betray everything you hold dear and the bitch doesn't return the favor. Oh, wait, you know that lesson already. The problem is you take the leap and you don't know until it's too late to pull back if you're going to land on a foam-covered mattress or jagged rocks where you lie impaled, slowly bleeding and wishing you'd just die already. (Jaden) Sherrilyn Kenyon
cd883c6 Tragedy and adversary are the stones we sharpen our swords against so we can fight new battles. akri inspirational Sherrilyn Kenyon
61fd818 Boy, you knock on the devil's door and he will head slam you through the wall. funny Sherrilyn Kenyon
aee195d Well, you've got the growling part down pat already. Probaly all those years of practice." He began to rise, his legs wobbly. "All right, I'm coming back. I just didn't want to be in your way." A grunt. Or that's what I hoped he meant. "You can understand me, can't you?" I said as I returned to sit on his discarded sweatshirt. "You know what I'm saying." He tried to nod, then snarled at the awkwardness of it. "Not easy when you can't talk.. Kelley Armstrong
d8ea8cd When the spent sun throws up its rays on cloud And goes down burning into the gulf below, No voice in nature is heard to cry aloud At what has happened. Birds, at least must know It is the change to darkness in the sky. Murmuring something quiet in her breast, One bird begins to close a faded eye; Or overtaken too far from his nest, Hurrying low above the grove, some waif Swoops just in time to his remembered tree. At most he thinks or twit.. Robert Frost
1e83066 That's what it feels like when I write, like I have this beautiful world in my head, but when I try to remember it in order to write it down, I change it, and I can't ever get it back. Ruth Ozeki
a5895bd I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating. Alan Paton
6a06316 Sometimes...it's better for a man just to walk away. But if you can't walk away? I guess that's when it's tough. Arthur Miller
78e9899 Everything's got a moral, if only you can find it Lewis Carroll
2721efb I must be a masochist to keep putting myself in these situations. I need help. I need to see a shrink or be locked in a padded cell or straitjacketed or something. Stephanie Perkins
837f4e0 A person less fortunate than yourself deserves the best you can give. Because of duty, and honor, and service. You understand those words? You should do your job right, and you should do it well, simply because you can, without looking for notice or reward. honor jack-reacher service Lee Child
50d9dc8 One general law, leading to the advancement of all organic beings, namely, multiply, vary, let the strongest live and the weakest die. evolution natural-selection science Charles Darwin
66a33f7 Nothing in this world happens without a reason. That we are all exactly where we are supposed to be, and that the pieces of the puzzle have a tendency to come together when you least expect it. Jane Green
65bfa36 He says presents aren't important, but I think they are - not because of how much they cost, but for the opportunity they provide to say I understand you. David Levithan
541ef94 love is a skill, not just an enthusiasm. Alain de Botton
f9f34c6 Love, however, cannot be forbidden. The more that flame is covered up, the hotter it burns. Also love can always find a way. It was impossible that these two whose hearts were on fire should be kept apart. (Pyramus and Thisbe) Edith Hamilton
6bf98aa And without Dex in my life, I like to think I could have somehow found contentment. But the truth is, I feel freer with Dex than I ever did when I was single. I feel more myself with him than without. Maybe true love does that Emily Giffin
360d977 A Robin Redbreast in a Cage Puts all Heaven in a Rage. A dove house fill'd with doves and pigeons Shudders Hell thro' all its regions. A Dog starv'd at his Master's Gate Predicts the ruin of the State. A Horse misus'd upon the Road Calls to Heaven for Human blood. William Blake
b4181c9 Magic is always impossible.... It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it's magic. Kate DiCamillo
317aabe God take care of him, because he's my past and my future avi how-to-ruin jew Simone Elkeles
2fa7f71 Childhood is for spoiling adulthood. Bill Watterson