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Feelings dwell in man; but man dwells in his love. That is no metaphor, but the actual truth. Love does not cling to the I… — Martin Buber
You know how we make a Scotch and water in this home?" "No, sir," Gus said. "We pour Scotch into a glass and then call… — John Green
I have far more enthusiasm in life than I have actual energy. In my excitement, I routinely take on more that I can physically or… — Elizabeth Gilbert
When I save, I lay something aside for future need. If I sense God's leading, I will give it away to meet greater needs. When… — Randy Alcorn
I like the strings. I always have. Because that's how it feels. But the strings make pain seem more fatal than it is, I think.… — John Green
Potter is mocked by a faculty member for the idea that there is evil in the world from which even children need to learn to… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
But as I stood there dressed in a cute black pants suit and white button-up shirt and heels, I felt completely out of place. Not… — J.A. Redmerski
Everything is so fragile. There's so much conflict, so much pain...you keep waiting for the dust to settle and then you realize this is it;… — Joss Whedon
I never wish to be easily defined. I’d rather float over other people’s minds as something strictly fluid and non-perceivable; more like a transparent, paradoxically… — Franz Kafka
The problem with having so many people call me by nicknames was that when someone called me by my actual name, it usually meant something… — Richelle Mead
Their leaving made me melancholy, though I also felt something like relief when they disappeared into the dark trees. I hadn't needed to get anything… — Cheryl Strayed
In the beginning, I was put off by the harshness of German. Someone would order a piece of cake, and it sounded as if it… — David Sedaris
Now let's take up the minorities in our civilisation, shall we? Bigger the population, the more minorities. Don't step on the toes of the dog-lovers,… — Ray Bradbury
It turns out that justices are also God’s children; and being of this world, their makeup consists of actual flesh and blood. They are no… — Mark Levin
The problem with snapshots is that they replace actual memories. You lock down the moment and it becomes all there is of it. — Lauren Beukes
Having rock-star problems may be the closest I ever get to being an actual rock star. — Cassandra Clare
In a narcissistic cathexis, you invest more energy into your ideas about another person than in the actual, objective, external person. So the man who… — Alison Bechdel
Your weapons-master appears to have an actual, beating heart," she said to Raphael. "Who knew?" "Jessamy." "I concede that point." Elena referring to Galen — Nalini Singh
Good practice, everyone," Rusty said at last. "Light on the actual learning, heavy on the emotional catharsis, and thanks to Jared I think I need… — Sarah Rees Brennan
Dear Lord, I've been asked, nay commanded, to thank Thee for the Christmas turkey before us... a turkey which was no doubt a lively, intelligent… — Berkeley Breathed
People talk of the courage of convictions, but in actual life a man's duty to his family may make a rigid course seem a selfish… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
In actual life, every great enterprise begins with and takes its first forward step in faith. — August Wilhelm von Schlegel
It is a curious fact that no man likes to call himself a glutton, and yet each of us has in him a trace of… — M.F.K. Fisher
In actual fact those who do not care for politics and sit on the fence do indeed side for a political party: The ruling party. — Max Frisch
Perhaps this sounds very simple, but simple things are always the most difficult. In actual life it requires the greatest discipline to be simple, and… — Carl Jung

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