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559bc56 The stars baked my bones; The oceans culled my blood, And the forests shaped my lungs. Who am I? A. A. Attanasio
f307a87 Yet every hair on the body is numbered. And in truth, every day is the beautiful day, the last day. A. A. Attanasio
0c90a99 I have been Foolish and Deluded," said he, "and I am a Bear of No Brain at All." A. A. Milne
d6c3a06 It was just as if somebody inside him were saying, "Now then, Pooh, time for a little something." A. A. Milne
b89305d It is hard to be brave," said Piglet, sniffing slightly, "when you're only a Very Small Animal." A. A. Milne
9a430cf How sweet to be a cloudFloating in the blue. A. A. Milne
4bfe756 Hello Rabbit, is that you?""Let's pretend it isn't", said Rabbit, "and see what happens." A. A. Milne
db9bccb Isn't it funnyI wonder why he does? A. A. Milne
6be6a97 We can't all and some of us don't. That's all there is to it. A. A. Milne
5a05090 The more he looked inside the more Piglet wasn't there. A. A. Milne
39a3bcb Yes," said Tigger, "they're very good flyers, Tiggers are. Strornry good flyers." A. A. Milne
b2338b1 Piglet took Pooh's arm, in case Pooh was frightened. A. A. Milne
ea2dbac If I plant a honeycomb outside my house, then it will grow up into a beehive. A. A. Milne
3bfbecd Of all the questions we can ask ourselves the most important is: how is one best to live? A. C. Grayling
fb8707d Symbols have the unfortunate power to acquire the importance of what they symbolise. A. C. Grayling
70ebecc People not only live by symbols, but die by them, as wars of religion and nationalism attest. A. C. Grayling
bc5bd0d Evil" is first and foremost a religious notion. It means whatever a religion dislikes. A. C. Grayling
cc2b055 There is no greater social evil than religion. It is the cancer in the body of humanity. A. C. Grayling
486efaa Prudery expresses itself most forcibly as censorship. A. C. Grayling
3e84c0d On the best view, justice is fairness. A. C. Grayling
404f66a It is the technique of the baboon to try to get its way by violence. A. C. Grayling
48db2d3 The one thing that is more dangerous than true ignorance is the illusion of understanding. A. C. Grayling
acc620e Ideas are the cogs of history--and too often the barricades that stand in its way. A. C. Grayling
df38189 Confusion is the beginning of wisdom. A. C. Grayling
3bb2a06 The house of delusions is cheap to build, but draughty to live in, and ready at any instant to fall. A. E. Housman
6e8b059 Most men are rather stupid, and most of those who are not stupid are, consequently, rather vain. A. E. Housman
da52514 Loveliest of trees, the cherry nowIs hung with bloom along the bough. A. E. Housman
1c0c81c And silence sounds no worse than cheersAfter earth has stopped the ears. A. E. Housman
d52a20f Hope lies to mortalsWas never mine. A. E. Housman
0dc0abc Give me a title and we'll start from there. A. E. van Vogt
88dff8e Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, but only saps today of its strength. A. J. Cronin
e13fb44 You are extraordinarily attractive to women. And your greatest charm is that you do not realise it. A. J. Cronin
c096379 Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them. A. J. Cronin
4f0d373 Hell is that state where one has ceased to hope. A. J. Cronin
2aca69a Even if my country remains at war with yours . . . remember ... I am not your enemy. A. J. Cronin
898018c People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news. A. J. Liebling
80940e4 Show me a poet, and I'll show you a shit. A. J. Liebling
30c231f Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. A. J. Liebling
58d6088 You can hope for lucky encounters only if you walk around a lot. A. J. Liebling
92aae55 There is no way to peace; peace is the way. A. J. Muste
922033a In a world built on violence, one must be a revolutionary before one can be a pacifist. A. J. Muste
7f74c5a A racing tipster who only reached Hitler's level of accuracy would not do well for his clients. A. J. P. Taylor
5ef1b5f Like most of those who study history, he learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones. A. J. P. Taylor
615a533 Taylor's Law states: "The Foreign Office knows no secrets." A. J. P. Taylor