Nora leaves her husband, not-as the stupid critic would have it-because she is tired of her responsibilities or feels the need of… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
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He leaned up a little and watched her face. Her face would now be, forever, more mysterious and impenetrable than the face… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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If you understand writing as primarily engaging an imaginary reader, well, you've kind of been doing that your whole life. You walk… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
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When you look at some faces, you can see the turbulence of the infinite beginning to gather to the surface. This moment… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
“I had come from wondrous lands, from landscapes more enchanting than life, but only to myself did I ever mention these lands,… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
For although nepenthe has calmed me, I know always that I am an outsider; a stranger in this century and among those… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The whole movie thing has never been a source of great pride for me, in that Burt Reynolds, who starred in the… — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
A terrorist doesn't let strangers into her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children bring their… — Robert Muchamore Copy Share Image
I've always had a desire to be provocative and to make people think, but it wouldn't be any challenge for me just… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
Why do you tolerate it? (Kat) The same reason Sin hasn’t resigned himself to death. There are six billion people on earth… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I'd love to have a program like 'Dr. Laura.' I studied psychology at the University of Miami, and when I rode the… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
The sense that in this universe we are treated as strangers, the longing to be acknowledged, to meet with some response, to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This business I'm in is different. It's special. The people around me feel like brothers and sisters. We hardly know each other,… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
“I don’t know why it was so important for her to prove to a stranger that we were good-hearted, when we knew… — Ransom Riggs Copy Share Image
Nowadays, we never allow ourselves the convenience of being temporarily unavailable, even to strangers. With telephone and beeper, people subject themselves to… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
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Tira: Whatever you're thinkin' you're wrong. I only like him like a brother. You ain't got nothin' to worry about. . .… — Mae West Copy Share Image
It has always happened hitherto that whenever I have begun to feel an attachment to places, persons, or things, of a merely… — Henry Martyn Copy Share Image
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I don't want to sound corny; everyone tells you what it's going to be like to have kids and you're like, 'Yeah,… — Cameron Mathison Copy Share Image
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Ignoring fame was my rebellion, in a funny way. I was insistent on being normal and doing normal things. It probably wasn't… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
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Fifty or sixty shooters had already arrived and managed to look studiously bored. I knew a few of them and nodded politely.… — William C. Dietz Copy Share Image
People associate long hair with drug use. I wish people associated long hair with something other than drug use, like an extreme… — Mitch Hedberg Copy Share Image
It is not our free will but 'it is the Lord who sets the captive free' (Ps. 145:7). It is not our… — John Cassian Copy Share Image
Blest be that spot, where cheerful guests retire To pause from toil, and trim their evening fire; Blest that abode, where want… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
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“Sorry,’ he said with a cautious dip of the head. The stranger’s eyes flicked down to the badge pinned on his vest,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A stranger is shot in the street, you hardly move to help. But if, half an hour before, you spent just ten… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
if there ever was a time for sentimentality and traditional merrymaking, one that has transcended religious orientation, Christmas must be that time.… — Anna Thomas Copy Share Image
Consequential strangers help us stretch beyond the relatively rigid boxes that the people who have known us the longest - our family… — Melinda Blau Copy Share Image
I feel like I've spent the last five years of my life on the road. It hasn't affected my songs but it's… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
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