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Health is more than the mere absence of disease, it's the presence of a superior state of well being, a pizzazz, a… — Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz Copy Share Image
“When evening in the Shire was grey his footsteps on the Hill were heard; before the dawn he went away on journey… — J.R.R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
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Except for a couple of hours in the morning which I passed in the company of a sage I stayed in bed… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“Piazza Piece —I am a gentleman in a dustcoat trying To make you hear. Your ears are soft and small And listen… — John Crowe Ransom Copy Share Image
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I wanted Yoda to be the traditional kind of character you find in fairy tales and mythology. And that character is usually… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
“Vivian Bloodmark, a philosophical friend of mine, in later years, used to say that while the scientist sees everything that happens in… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Quiet, moving, masterfully crafted. Such are the nine stories in Venus in the Afternoon. Tehila Lieberman writes with precision, restraint, with a… — Miroslav Penkov Copy Share Image
“He remembered the time hi fished the female of a pair of swordfish. The male always lets the female eat first, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“from the upcoming novel, Agent White: A figure dressed all in black ran across the rooftops in the rain. A black cloak… — Michael Kanuckel Copy Share Image
A 24 year boy seeing out from the train window, shouted, Dad, look the trees are going behind! Dad smiled and a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The world is burdened with young fogies. Old men with ossified minds are easily dealt with. But men who look young, act… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
“I thought you were planning on talking him to death," Darius informed the golden bat dryly as he himself shape-shifted from a… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
“Thaddeus absorbed her, imprinting his mind with her curly brown hair, her delicate chin, her gorgeous big eyes. “You need time to… — Staci Morrison Copy Share Image
I was doing a show at the National Youth Theatre, playing an old man. Before that I had played fat clowns and… — Harry Melling Copy Share Image
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…It’s hard to appreciate the beauty of a world when one doubts its very validity….But I’ve long since lost all such doubts,… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
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There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told. Men die nightly in their beds, wringing the hands of… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
“He was a baby once. He must have been sweet and clean and his mother kissed his little pink toes. Maybe when… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
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“Waste of time," said the leper. "There's a dozen or more beggars who come here every day, pretending to be cripples, hiring… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“How can school help you with the land?" he asked. An old grandfather leaned out of the shadows to make answer. "Learning… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“Every few months or so at home, Pops had to have Taiwanese ’Mian. Not the Dan-Dan Mian you get at Szechuan restaurants… — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
“Adrian took a few steps toward me. "Not bad, Sage. I think you just scared old man Mazur." I felt a smile… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
We're not obsessed by anything, you see," insisted Ford. "..." "And that's the deciding factor. We can't win against obsession. They care,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“I only wanted books—nothing more—only books, only words, it was never anything but words—give them to me, I don’t have any! Look,… — Tatyana Tolstaya Copy Share Image
In the legends that males have invented to explain life, the first human creature is a man named Adam. Eve arrives later,… — Oriana Fallaci Copy Share Image
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I brought a picture with me that I had at home, of a girl in a swing with a castle and pretty… — Fannie Flagg Copy Share Image
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