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> [I had some pretty weird fan mail growing up, sometimes from prison and wherever else. Nothing too intense. Some superfans that maybe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsey-haun/i-had-some-pretty-weird-fan-mail-growing-up-sometimes-from-prison-and/)

[Lindsey Haun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsey-haun/)

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> [“Last semester was intense,” I said to Dad. “Intense?” he echoed, picking up my file. “Let’s see. On your first day at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-hawkins/last-semester-was-intense-i-said-to-dad-intense-he-echoed-picking-up/)

[Rachel Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-hawkins/)

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> [You have to seduce the reader, manipulate their mind and heart, listen to the music of language. I sometimes think of prose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carlos-ruiz-zafon/you-have-to-seduce-the-reader-manipulate-their-mind-and-heart-listen/)

[Carlos Ruiz Zafon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carlos-ruiz-zafon/)

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> [Every issue of the paper presents an opportunity and a duty to say something courageous and true; to rise above the mediocre…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-pulitzer/every-issue-of-the-paper-presents-an-opportunity-and-a-duty-to-say/)

[Joseph Pulitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-pulitzer/)

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> [I think that it is very interesting to write about a team because a team is a group of people who work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chad-harbach/i-think-that-it-is-very-interesting-to-write-about-a-team-because-a/)

[Chad Harbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chad-harbach/)

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> [“In the elevator, he held silent, but she saw him twice look at her blouse. She could feel his gaze, damn it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lori-foster/in-the-elevator-he-held-silent-but-she-saw-him-twice-look-at-her/)

[Lori Foster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lori-foster/)

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> [The word C.R.E.A.M. - which stands for "Cash Rules Everything Around Me" - is from Wu Tang Clan. This song is about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nomi-ruiz/the-word-c-r-e-a-m-which-stands-for-cash-rules-everything-around-me/)

[Nomi Ruiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nomi-ruiz/)

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> [I once volunteered to teach English as a second language, and I thought that I would have all these intense relationships with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-white/i-once-volunteered-to-teach-english-as-a-second-language-and-i/)

[Mike White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-white/)

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> [Sometimes with the most intense pain a paralysis of sensibility occurs. The soul disintegrates--hence the deadly frost--the free power of the mind--the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/novalis/sometimes-with-the-most-intense-pain-a-paralysis-of-sensibility/)

[Novalis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/novalis/)

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> [He accused me of being Dumbledore's man through and through." "How very rude of him." "I told him I was." Dumbledore opened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/he-accused-me-of-being-dumbledore-s-man-through-and-through-how-very/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The observations and encounters of a solitary, taciturn man are vaguer and at the same times more intense than those of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mann/the-observations-and-encounters-of-a-solitary-taciturn-man-are-vaguer/)

[Thomas Mann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mann/)

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> [One day a hummingbird flew in-- It fluttered against the window til I got it down where I could reach it with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgia-o-keeffe/one-day-a-hummingbird-flew-in-it-fluttered-against-the-window-til-i/)

[Georgia O'Keeffe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgia-o-keeffe/)

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> [Porter Rockwell was that most terrible instrument that can be handled by fanaticism; a powerful physical nature welded to a mind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fitz-hugh-ludlow/porter-rockwell-was-that-most-terrible-instrument-that-can-be-handled/)

[Fitz Hugh Ludlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fitz-hugh-ludlow/)

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> [These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-nicholls/these-days-grief-seems-like-walking-on-a-frozen-river-most-of-the-2/)

[David Nicholls](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-nicholls/)

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> [If you sit down and just keep quiet...you are in the state of Self-Awareness. ..keeping quiet means being without any techniques, effort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mooji/if-you-sit-down-and-just-keep-quiet-you-are-in-the-state-of-self/)

[Mooji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mooji/)

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> [I think that veganism is a totally great choice with incredible benefits, but I don't think it's reasonable to expect other people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-conover/i-think-that-veganism-is-a-totally-great-choice-with-incredible/)

[Adam Conover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-conover/)

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> [Skill alone cannot teach or produce a great short story, which condenses the obsession of the creature; it is a hallucinatory presence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julio-cort-zar/skill-alone-cannot-teach-or-produce-a-great-short-story-which/)

[Julio Cortazar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julio-cort-zar/)

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> [Every form of communication is for the purpose of feeling, experiencing, sharing. Everyone has their own intense journey through life, and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mirah/every-form-of-communication-is-for-the-purpose-of-feeling/)

[Mirah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mirah/)

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> [As if to build a fence around the fatal emptiness inside her, she had to create a sunny person that she became.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/as-if-to-build-a-fence-around-the-fatal-emptiness-inside-her-she-had/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [The old saying of work hard, play hard really works for me. For me it's all about focus. To get the Fire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-laporte/the-old-saying-of-work-hard-play-hard-really-works-for-me-for-me-it-s/)

[Danielle LaPorte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-laporte/)

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> [I think that an anthill is better than a nest ... that in the anthill among a hundred thousand or a million…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nina-berberova/i-think-that-an-anthill-is-better-than-a-nest-that-in-the-anthill/)

[Nina Berberova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nina-berberova/)

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> [In the event of a violent revolution, we would be sorely outnumbered. And when it was all over, the Negro would face…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/in-the-event-of-a-violent-revolution-we-would-be-sorely-outnumbered/)

[Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/)

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> [A kiss can be like the world turning over. It can be like the tide of a dragon's dream washing through the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-elliott/a-kiss-can-be-like-the-world-turning-over-it-can-be-like-the-tide-of/)

[Kate Elliott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-elliott/)

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> [Maybe I'm perverse, but the question of "rooting" for a character, or setting out to write a character for whom other people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lasdun/maybe-i-m-perverse-but-the-question-of-rooting-for-a-character-or/)

[James Lasdun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lasdun/)

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> [A way of life can be shared among individuals of different ages, status, and social activity. It can yield intense relations not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-foucault/a-way-of-life-can-be-shared-among-individuals-of-different-ages/)

[Michel Foucault](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-foucault/)

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> [For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change. Now, it's true that no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/for-the-sake-of-our-children-and-our-future-we-must-do-more-to-combat/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [Sensory experience does not offset the intense pain or pleasure we feel on a mental level; it may distract us, but doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dalai-lama/sensory-experience-does-not-offset-the-intense-pain-or-pleasure-we/)

[Dalai Lama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dalai-lama/)

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> [If you've got a great crew it's intense, but its quite short. 'The Elephant Man' was longer than most, for an independent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hurt/if-you-ve-got-a-great-crew-it-s-intense-but-its-quite-short-the/)

[John Hurt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hurt/)

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> [Everything I pick up seems to lure me away. Everything I do in my daily life begins to feel like striking wet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frances-mayes/everything-i-pick-up-seems-to-lure-me-away-everything-i-do-in-my/)

[Frances Mayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frances-mayes/)

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> [What came out of that was an intense obsession with status anxiety. So much of these portraits are about fashioning oneself into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/what-came-out-of-that-was-an-intense-obsession-with-status-anxiety-so/)

[Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/)

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> [It's interesting when you're doing signing sessions with other writers and you look at the queues at each table and you can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/it-s-interesting-when-you-re-doing-signing-sessions-with-other/)

[Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/)

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> [At first the music almost repelled me, it was so intense, and this man made no attempt to sugarcoat what he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-clapton/at-first-the-music-almost-repelled-me-it-was-so-intense-and-this-man/)

[Eric Clapton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-clapton/)

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                        "text": "I think that it is very interesting to write about a team because a team is a group of people who work in very close quarters and have very intense relationships so - in my days of playing sports, I was very rarely on a team that did not have it's own peculiar dynamic, and you wind up having very intense feelings for good and for bad about these people with whom you spend many hours a day.",
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                        "text": "“In the elevator, he held silent, but she saw him twice look at her blouse. She could feel his gaze, damn it, deep inside herself. And she knew what he was looking at. Without the binding, her boobs were far too noticeable. The damned buttons gaped and the material strained. “Enjoying yourself?” she asked with a heavy dose of sarcasm. If anything, her jibe only made him intensify his study. He stood there, negligence personified, his hands clasped behind his back, his stance casual and relaxed. “I can see the outline of your nipples.” She nearly strangled on her fury. “Go to hell!” “What are you? C cup? Maybe even a D?” Oh, God, she did not want to stand here alone with him, closed up in such a small space with his heat and scent invading her lungs. “None of your damn business.” He lifted his hand in front of him, not to touch her, but to imagine it covering her right breast. His face screwed up while he pretended to heft her. “I’d say a full C.” A fine trembling started in her neck and went down her spine. She needed to stay composed to face off with Murray Coburn, but for whatever reason, this man wanted to demolish her control. “I say go kill yourself.” He cracked a smile. And what that smile did for him . . . She couldn’t deny that he was devastatingly handsome. Probably a cutthroat villain, but still gorgeous. That disheveled fair hair and those intense, oddly colored eyes . . . she shivered. He lifted a brow. “Cold?” “No.” She had to distract him. “So I didn’t catch your name.” “No one gave you my name.” “It’s a secret, then?” She tried to hunch her shoulders to make her chest less noticeable. “How strange.” “That doesn’t help,” he said of her posture, “and if you’re really interested?” He held out a hand. “Trace Miller.” She disdained touching him again. “Is that your real name or an alias?” With a grin, he retracted his proffered hand. “What do you think?” “I think you took my driver’s license.” He went still for a heartbeat, giving her a small measure of satisfaction. Lifting her hands in a “woo woo” way, she intoned,” I know all, see all.” Then she curled her lip. “And besides, you suck at stealth.”",
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                        "text": "The word C.R.E.A.M. - which stands for \"Cash Rules Everything Around Me\" - is from Wu Tang Clan. This song is about a prostitute who falls in love with her client, who winds up being a drug girl in New York. It's an ode to the girl who works in the streets; it gives her a face and a name and a story. I used to go and admire those girls. I was inspired by their bravery and their femininity, and how they were just putting themselves out there. It was intense to see. It's strange, but they kind of inspired me in a way. I felt it was so bold.",
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                        "text": "I once volunteered to teach English as a second language, and I thought that I would have all these intense relationships with all these people from other worlds. Then you get there, and it's like, 'This is a pencil. This is a pencil' And afterward, you like, 'It's so depressing. This isn't what I imagined! I thought this would be more glorious.'",
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                        "text": "Sometimes with the most intense pain a paralysis of sensibility occurs. The soul disintegrates--hence the deadly frost--the free power of the mind--the shattering, ceaseless wit of this kind of despair. There is no inclination for anything any more--the person is alone, like a baleful power--as he has no connection with the rest of the world he consumes himself gradually--and in accordance with his own principle he is--misanthropic and misotheos.",
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                        "text": "He accused me of being Dumbledore's man through and through.\" \"How very rude of him.\" \"I told him I was.\" Dumbledore opened his mouth to speak and then closed it again. Fawkes the phoenix let out a low, soft, musical cry. To Harry's intense embarrassment, he suddenly realized that Dumbledore's bright blue eyes looked rather watery, and stared hastily at his own knee. When Dumbledore spoke, however, his voice was quite steady. \"I am very touched, Harry.",
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                        "text": "The observations and encounters of a solitary, taciturn man are vaguer and at the same times more intense than those of a sociable man; his thoughts are deeper, odder and never without a touch of sadness. Images and perceptions that could be dismissed with a glance, a laugh, an exchange of opinions, occupy him unduly, become more intense in the silence, become significant, become an experience, an adventure, an emotion. Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportionate, the absurd and the forbidden.",
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                        "text": "One day a hummingbird flew in-- It fluttered against the window til I got it down where I could reach it with an open umbrella-- --When I had it in my hand it was so small I couldn't believe I had it--but I could feel the intense life--so intense and so tiny-- ...You were like the humming bird to me... And I am rather inclined to feel that you and I know the best part of one another without spending much time together-- --It is not that I fear the knowing-- It is that I am at this moment willing to let you be what you are to me--it is beautiful and pure and very intensely alive.",
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                        "text": "Porter Rockwell was that most terrible instrument that can be handled by fanaticism; a powerful physical nature welded to a mind of very narrow perceptions, intense convictions, and changeless tenacity. In his build he was a gladiator; in his humor a Yankee lumberman; in his memory a Bourbon; in his vengeance an Indian. A strange mixture, only to be found on the American continent",
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                        "text": "These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger that he will plunge through. Now he hears the ice creak beneath him, and so intense and panicking is the sensation that he has to stand for a moment, press his hands to his face and catch his breath.",
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                        "text": "If you sit down and just keep quiet...you are in the state of Self-Awareness. ..keeping quiet means being without any techniques, effort or intention to meditate...not following the thought stream...not pursuing the senses, no imagination...s uch an intense Self-focusing comes without any effort...then, by itself...out of nowhere, wisdom and insights come...",
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                        "text": "I think that veganism is a totally great choice with incredible benefits, but I don't think it's reasonable to expect other people to be vegan or to expect everybody to be vegan. You can proselytize all you want, but being vegan is a pretty intense choice for a lot of people. You can encourage people to eat vegan more, certainly, and I personally eat vegan quite often.",
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                        "text": "A kiss can be like the world turning over. It can be like the tide of a dragon's dream washing through the unseen world that is hidden to mortal eyes but that nevertheless permeates our being. It can be hot and cold together, as vast as the heavens and yet specific to the pressure of hands and the parting of lips. It raised more intense feelings than I had expected, like being engulfed in a storm of lightning.",
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                        "text": "Maybe I'm perverse, but the question of \"rooting\" for a character, or setting out to write a character for whom other people will root, has never had anything to do with why I read or write fiction. As long as the writing and story remain alive, intense, invigorating, provoking, the characters can be as demonic or saintly as the author wants.",
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                        "text": "A way of life can be shared among individuals of different ages, status, and social activity. It can yield intense relations not resembling those that are institutionalized. It seems to me that a way of life can yield a culture and an ethics. To be \"gay,\" I think, is not to identify with the psychological traits and the visible masks of the homosexual but to try and define and develop a way of life.",
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                        "text": "Sensory experience does not offset the intense pain or pleasure we feel on a mental level; it may distract us, but doesn't overcome it. On the other hand, if we have peace of mind, even negative experiences do not upset us. Peace of mind is also good for our physical health. Medical experts have found that anger, hatred and fear eat into our immune system. Being calm and relaxed is better for our physical well-being.",
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                        "text": "If you've got a great crew it's intense, but its quite short. 'The Elephant Man' was longer than most, for an independent film. That was a 14 week film. But it was because of the intrinsic difficulties. We had to invent a different way of filming, because the makeup was so long. A working day for me with a full makeup on was nineteen hours. So obviously you couldn't do that twice running.",
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                        "text": "Everything I pick up seems to lure me away. Everything I do in my daily life begins to feel like striking wet matches. The need to travel is a mysterious force. A desire to 'go' runs through me equally with an intense desire to 'stay' at home. An equal and opposite thermodynamic principle. When I travel, I think of home and what it means. At home I'm dreaming of catching trains at night in the gray light of Old Europe, or pushing open shutters to see Florence awaken. The balance just slightly tips in the direction of the airport.",
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                        "text": "What came out of that was an intense obsession with status anxiety. So much of these portraits are about fashioning oneself into the image of perfection that ruled the day in the 18th and 19th centuries. It's an antiquated language, but I think we've inherited that language and have forwarded it to its most useful points in the 21st century.",
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                        "text": "It's interesting when you're doing signing sessions with other writers and you look at the queues at each table and you can see definite human types gathering there… My queue is always full of, you know, wild-eyed sleazebags and people who stare at me very intensely, as if I have some particular message for them. As if I must know that they've been reading me, that this dyad or symbiosis of reader and writer has been so intense that I must somehow know about it.",
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