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You must follow me carefully. I shall have to controvert one or two ideas that are almost universally accepted. The geometry, for instance, they taught… — H.G. Wells
The most haunting thing was not that he didn't love her anymore. She could have accepted that eventually. The most haunting thing was that he… — Ann Brashares
Grief was like a terrible burden, but at least you could lay it down by the side of the road and walk away from it.… — Rosamunde Pilcher
Of all the universal lies she accepted unquestioningly, the happy ending was the most absurd. The hero and heroine lived happily ever after, and the… — Arturo PÃ©rez-Reverte
Opportunities and choices. When a person makes a heart wish, that wish resonates through the currents and things will happen to give the person an… — Anne Bishop
They have accepted me as an individual, as a personality, as an entity. I belong! I am important! I am somebody! — Beatrice Sparks
Before the nineteen-seventies, most Republicans in Washington accepted the institutions of the welfare state, and most Democrats agreed with the logic of the Cold War.… — George Packer
When I was young, some women told me they loved me for my long eyelashes. I accepted. Later it was for my wit. Then for… — Mario Puzo
No domestic animal can be as still as a wild animal. The civilized people have lost the aptitude of stillness, and must take lessons in… — Isak Dinesen
They accepted the pleasures of morning, the bright sun, the whelming sea and sweet air, as a time when play was good and life so… — William Golding
Now, when their glances met, they understood one another. The power that lay within both their souls had met, and, as it were, clasped hands.… — Baroness Orczy
I begin to fully understand the lengths to which people have gone to protect me. What I mean to the rebels. My on going struggle… — Suzanne Collins
Iâ€™ve never been certain whether the moral of the Icarus story should only be, as is generally accepted, â€˜donâ€™t try to fly too high,â€™ or… — Stanley Kubrick
The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are… — Timothy Keller
As the lightness buoys me, I wonder if maybe she was right. Maybe it's not about looking hot for guys, but about feeling like a… — Gayle Forman
The same goes for envy, anger and insults - said the master. - When they are not accepted, they continue to belong to the one… — Paulo Coelho
Singletons should not have to explain themselves all the time but should have an accepted status â€” like geisha girls do — Helen Fielding
You cannot force someone to accept an expression of love. You can only offer it. If it is not accepted, you must respect the other… — Gary Chapman
The kind of caring that the client-centered therapist desires to achieve is a gullible caring, in which clients are accepted as they say they are,… — Carl Rogers
To be beautiful means to be yourself.You don't need to be accepted by others. You need to accept yourself. When you are born a lotus… — Nhat Hanh

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