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Many people feel that mass acceptance and smooth socialization are desirable life paths for a young adultâ€¦ Many people are often wrongâ€¦ Donâ€™t bother being… — Janeane Garofalo
And when [BÃ«or] lay dead, of no wound or grief, but stricken by age, the Eldar saw for the first time the swift waning of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
[O]ne can scarcely be frightened off writing what one wants to write for fear an obscure reviewer should patronise one on that account. — Dorothy L. Sayers
There are people who will say that this whole account is a lie, but a thing isn't necessarily a lie even if it didn't necessarily… — John Steinbeck
I canâ€™t hope to convey the full effect of the embraces and avowals, but I can perhaps offer a crumb of counsel. If there is… — Christopher Hitchens
What if sometimes there is no choice about what to love? What if the temple comes to Mohammed? What if you just love? without deciding?… — David Foster Wallace
Colonel Otto, do you have a, perhaps, fuller and more detailed account than your preliminary one of why my Imperial Security building is now largely… — Lois McMaster Bujold
You guys take over while I go put on a shirt." Mrs. Kulavich had edged close enough to hear him. She beamed at him. "Don't… — Linda Howard
You could never predict what would happen. There was an element of destiny in everything that one could never account for. — Danielle Steel
The urbane activity with which a man receives money is really marvelous, considering that we so earnestly believe money to be the root of all… — Herman Melville
Child, when do you think is the time to love somebody the most? When they done good and made things easy for everybody? Well then,… — Lorraine Hansberry
There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist… — Frederic Bastiat
Out of the thirty thousand types of edible plants thought to exist on Earth, just elevenâ€”corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, cassava, sorghum, millet, beans, barley, rye,… — Bill Bryson
According to current research, in the determination of a person's level of happiness, genetics accounts for about 50 percent; life circumstances, such as age, gender,… — Gretchen Rubin
I have a theory that kitchens, once they reach a certain level of complexity, attract new gadgets into their orbit, like planets. Only this can… — Kerry Greenwood
Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so they never have to. They don't have to trust God if something unexpected… — Francis Chan
I would have thought even a certified idiot like Gabriel here would have taken account of it and notified someone." "Notified who?" asked Jem, not… — Cassandra Clare
A man who aspires to rise above the mediocre, to be something more than the ordinary, surely deserves admiration, even if he fails and loses… — Kazuo Ishiguro
That's not how you're going to live, Bird Girl. Not on my account. Spread those strong wings of yours. Fly. — Annabel Pitcher
Nobody would know me from my own description of myself; which is why, when called upon (rarely, I grant) to provide an account, I tailor… — Claire Messud

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