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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation . In the… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
This is our dilemma--either to taste and not to know or to know and not to taste--or, more strictly, to lack one… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Exhaustion was pressing upon and overpowering her. "Good-by--because I love you." He did not know; he did not understand. He would never… — Kate Chopin Copy Share Image
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God, he suddenly understood, was love in its purest form, and in these last months with his children, he had felt His… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
The foregoing considerations lead us to the very important conclusion, that matter is essentially force, and nothing but force; that matter, as… — Alfred Russel Wallace Copy Share Image
I think that's all a form of wanting to let go, of wanting to get out... It's not something easily described or… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
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