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> [Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again." "Hell," I said, "I love you enough now. What do you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/maybe-you-ll-fall-in-love-with-me-all-over-again-hell-i-said-i-love/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

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> [Never let it be said that Harry Dresden is afraid of a dried, dead bug. Creepy or not, I wasn't going to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/never-let-it-be-said-that-harry-dresden-is-afraid-of-a-dried-dead-bug/)

[Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/)

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> [A dog starv'd at the master's gate Predicts the ruin of the State. A horse misus'd upon the road Calls to heaven…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blake/a-dog-starv-d-at-the-master-s-gate-predicts-the-ruin-of-the-state-a/)

[William Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blake/)

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> [Tomorrow you may bring about the destruction of your world. Tomorrow you may sing in Paradise above the smoking ruins of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/tomorrow-you-may-bring-about-the-destruction-of-your-world-tomorrow/)

[Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/)

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> [If children were brought up to become non-conformists it would only ruin their lives. So parents all over China who loved their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jung-chang/if-children-were-brought-up-to-become-non-conformists-it-would-only/)

[Jung Chang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jung-chang/)

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> [Yes, he’s like a rash for which there’s no cure. It only goes away for a bit before returning unexpectedly to ruin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrilyn-kenyon/yes-he-s-like-a-rash-for-which-there-s-no-cure-it-only-goes-away-for/)

[Sherrilyn Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherrilyn-kenyon/)

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> [Don’t let the past ruin your future. (Acheron) Meaning what, oh great Yoda? (Kyrian) You take care of the kid. I’ll take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrilyn-kenyon/don-t-let-the-past-ruin-your-future-acheron-meaning-what-oh-great/)

[Sherrilyn Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherrilyn-kenyon/)

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> [The Hindu religion appears ... as a cathedral temple, half in ruins, noble in the mass, often fantastic in detail but always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sri-aurobindo/the-hindu-religion-appears-as-a-cathedral-temple-half-in-ruins-noble/)

[Sri Aurobindo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sri-aurobindo/)

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> [Court games aren't fair. They don't judge men by their worth, and they aren't about what's just. Guilty men can hold power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-abraham/court-games-aren-t-fair-they-don-t-judge-men-by-their-worth-and-they/)

[Daniel Abraham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-abraham/)

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> [Sitting down and weeping is what women have done for centuries, and it has done no good at all. Nor praying. God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sheri-s-tepper/sitting-down-and-weeping-is-what-women-have-done-for-centuries-and-it/)

[Sheri S. Tepper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sheri-s-tepper/)

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> [If you do your "homework" well you can be sure you'll feel more relaxed. Make sure you have a walk or rest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judit-polgar/if-you-do-your-homework-well-you-can-be-sure-you-ll-feel-more-relaxed/)

[Judit Polgar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judit-polgar/)

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> [I'm not going to ruin my movie because of some stupid ruling that it has to be ninety minutes long. That's just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-willeford/i-m-not-going-to-ruin-my-movie-because-of-some-stupid-ruling-that-it/)

[Charles Willeford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-willeford/)

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> [With science, ideas can germinate within a bed of theory, form, and practice that assists their growth... But we as gardeners, must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-moore/with-science-ideas-can-germinate-within-a-bed-of-theory-form-and/)

[Alan Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-moore/)

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> [Words are both better and worse than thoughts, they express them, and add to them; they give them power for good or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/words-are-both-better-and-worse-than-thoughts-they-express-them-and/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

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> [Surrealism is based on the belief in the superior reality of certain forms of previously neglected associations, in the omnipotence of dreams,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andr-breton/surrealism-is-based-on-the-belief-in-the-superior-reality-of-certain/)

[Andre Breton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andr-breton/)

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> [The sport to which I owe so much has undergone profound changes, but it's still baseball. Kids still imitate their heroes on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/duke-snider/the-sport-to-which-i-owe-so-much-has-undergone-profound-changes-but/)

[Duke Snider](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/duke-snider/)

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> [There are a million rules for being a girl. There are a million things you have to do to get through each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-scott/there-are-a-million-rules-for-being-a-girl-there-are-a-million-things/)

[Elizabeth Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-scott/)

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> [Simplicity of living gives you sensitivity of character. A lot of people told me that leaving L.A. and moving to Volcano (district…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jason-scott-lee/simplicity-of-living-gives-you-sensitivity-of-character-a-lot-of/)

[Jason Scott Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jason-scott-lee/)

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> [Congress, 535 commoditized temple monkeys pawing through the ruins of America in search of bribes. The bicameral whorehouse on Capitol Hill works…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-reed/congress-535-commoditized-temple-monkeys-pawing-through-the-ruins-of/)

[Fred Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-reed/)

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> [It is at a time like this, when crisis threatens the stomach, that the French display the most sympathetic side of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-mayle/it-is-at-a-time-like-this-when-crisis-threatens-the-stomach-that-the/)

[Peter Mayle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-mayle/)

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> [The Prisoner's Wife echoes Edwidge Danticat's Farming of the Bones in the urgency in which it reminds us of the possibility of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/the-prisoner-s-wife-echoes-edwidge-danticat-s-farming-of-the-bones-in/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [Gaze into the fire, into the clouds, and as soon as the inner voices begin to speak... surrender to them. Don't ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-hesse/gaze-into-the-fire-into-the-clouds-and-as-soon-as-the-inner-voices/)

[Hermann Hesse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-hesse/)

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> [Temptation can be defined as an inducement to do evil. Three powerful forces work together to ruin a believer's character and witness:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stanley/temptation-can-be-defined-as-an-inducement-to-do-evil-three-powerful/)

[Charles Stanley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stanley/)

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> [The only people I am aware of who don't have troubles are gathered in peaceful, little neighborhoods. There is never a care,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-goodier/the-only-people-i-am-aware-of-who-don-t-have-troubles-are-gathered-in/)

[Steve Goodier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-goodier/)

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> [Nothing ruins the truth like stretching it... GET RICH QUICK! Count your blessings... Stop telling GOD how big your storm is. Instead,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-joubert/nothing-ruins-the-truth-like-stretching-it-get-rich-quick-count-your/)

[Joseph Joubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-joubert/)

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> [It's not bad enough I am exiled? It's not bad enough you take away the few good heroes I'm allowed to meet?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/it-s-not-bad-enough-i-am-exiled-it-s-not-bad-enough-you-take-away-the/)

[Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/)

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> [The Jews invented a portable religion in the shape of the Bible, the Torah, and eventually the Talmud, and with other portable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-schama/the-jews-invented-a-portable-religion-in-the-shape-of-the-bible-the/)

[Simon Schama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-schama/)

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> [The ruin of Paganism, in the age of Theodosius, is perhaps the only example of the total extirpation of any ancient and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gibbon/the-ruin-of-paganism-in-the-age-of-theodosius-is-perhaps-the-only/)

[Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gibbon/)

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> [The very large units of production and exchange have access to credit on a large scale, sometimes without any cover at all,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilaire-belloc/the-very-large-units-of-production-and-exchange-have-access-to-credit/)

[Hilaire Belloc](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilaire-belloc/)

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> [It's great to create a story and then to submit it to your editor and see what her reaction is to it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-paul-curtis/it-s-great-to-create-a-story-and-then-to-submit-it-to-your-editor-and/)

[Christopher Paul Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-paul-curtis/)

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> [Parents can ruin children, and sometimes that's a learned behavior. Sometimes you can't blame your parents for it, sometimes you can. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-mcmillan/parents-can-ruin-children-and-sometimes-that-s-a-learned-behavior/)

[Terry McMillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-mcmillan/)

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> [Do not put your work off till to-morrow and the day after; for a sluggish worker does not fill his barn, nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/do-not-put-your-work-off-till-to-morrow-and-the-day-after-for-a/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

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> [In 1952, I had gone to England on a literary pilgrimage, but what I also saw, even at that distance from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-ozick/in-1952-i-had-gone-to-england-on-a-literary-pilgrimage-but-what-i/)

[Cynthia Ozick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-ozick/)

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> [I wish to be of service to the artists of our own day, by showing them how a small beginning leads to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-vasari/i-wish-to-be-of-service-to-the-artists-of-our-own-day-by-showing-them/)

[Giorgio Vasari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-vasari/)

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> [No matter your wreckage. There will be someone to find you beautiful, despite the cruddy metal. Your ruin is not to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-kay/no-matter-your-wreckage-there-will-be-someone-to-find-you-beautiful/)

[Sarah Kay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-kay/)

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> [This fear is what is the ruin of us all. And some dominate us; they take advantage of our fear and frighten…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maxim-gorky/this-fear-is-what-is-the-ruin-of-us-all-and-some-dominate-us-they/)

[Maxim Gorky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maxim-gorky/)

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> [Love is deceitful and sublime. In its truest form, it brings out the best in all beings. At its worse, It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherrilyn-kenyon/love-is-deceitful-and-sublime-in-its-truest-form-it-brings-out-the-2/)

[Sherrilyn Kenyon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherrilyn-kenyon/)

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> [It is we who built these palaces and cities, here in Spain and America and everywhere. We, the workers. We can build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/buenaventura-durruti/it-is-we-who-built-these-palaces-and-cities-here-in-spain-and-america/)

[Buenaventura Durruti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/buenaventura-durruti/)

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> [Those who give the first shock to a state are the first overwhelmed in its ruin; the fruits of public commotion are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/those-who-give-the-first-shock-to-a-state-are-the-first-overwhelmed/)

[Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/)

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> [Idea for a short story. The shore of a lake, a young girl who's spent her whole life beside it, a girl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anton-chekhov/idea-for-a-short-story-the-shore-of-a-lake-a-young-girl-who-s-spent/)

[Anton Chekhov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anton-chekhov/)

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                        "text": "Maybe...you'll fall in love with me all over again.\" \"Hell,\" I said, \"I love you enough now. What do you want to do? Ruin me?\" \"Yes. I want to ruin you.\" \"Good,\" I said. \"That's what I want too.",
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                        "text": "A dog starv'd at the master's gate Predicts the ruin of the State. A horse misus'd upon the road Calls to heaven for human blood. Each outcry of the hunted hare A fibre from the brain does tear, A skylark wounded on the wing, A cherubim does cease to sing.",
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                        "text": "Tomorrow you may bring about the destruction of your world. Tomorrow you may sing in Paradise above the smoking ruins of your world-cities. But tonight I would like to think of one man, a lone individual, a man without name or country, a man whom I respect because he has absolutely nothing in common with you - MYSELF. Tonight I shall meditate upon that which I am.",
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                        "text": "The Hindu religion appears ... as a cathedral temple, half in ruins, noble in the mass, often fantastic in detail but always fantastic with a significance crumbling or badly outworn in places, but a cathedral temple in which service is still done to the Unseen and its real presence can be felt by those who enter with the right spirit.",
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                        "text": "Court games aren't fair. They don't judge men by their worth, and they aren't about what's just. Guilty men can hold power their whole lives and be wept for when they pass. Innocent men can be spent like coins because it's convenient. You don't have to have sinned for them to ruin you. If your destruction is useful to them, you'll be destroyed.",
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                        "text": "Sitting down and weeping is what women have done for centuries, and it has done no good at all. Nor praying. God has given us the earth. He is not waiting in the next room, ready to fix it for us if we ruin it. If we do not care for it, no one will. On other worlds, other races of men perhaps do better than we have done. He cares for us, but he does not control what we do.",
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                        "text": "If you do your \"homework\" well you can be sure you'll feel more relaxed. Make sure you have a walk or rest before the game because the most important thing is to be focused during the game itself! If you get tired by preparation you won't have enough energy left for the whole game, and we all know that a single blunder can ruin all the work done beforehand!",
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                        "text": "Nothing ruins the truth like stretching it... GET RICH QUICK! Count your blessings... Stop telling GOD how big your storm is. Instead, tell the storm how big your GOD is!!!!!! Contentment begins where comparison ends. The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.",
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                        "text": "It's not bad enough I am exiled? It's not bad enough you take away the few good heroes I'm allowed to meet? You think it's funny to send me this this ― this charbroiled runt of a boy to ruin my tranquility? This is NOT FUNNY! Take him back!",
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                        "text": "The very large units of production and exchange have access to credit on a large scale, sometimes without any cover at all, merely upon the prospect of their success, and always upon terms far easier than are open to their smaller rivals. It is perhaps on this line of easier credit that large capital today does most harm to small capital, drives it out and ruins it.",
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