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2088 Allowed quotes by 1659 unique authors

You've been brought up like a gentleman and a Christian, and I should be false to the trust laid upon me by your dead father… — W. Somerset Maugham
Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine.… — Thomas Carlyle
I won't get killed,' Rose protested. Is that a promise?' Fish asked dryly, stirring his tea. 'If you break your word, I'll never believe you… — Regina Doman
When they have really learned to love their neighbours as themselves, they will be allowed to love themselves as their neighbours. — C.S. Lewis
I have a private theory, Sir, that there are no heroes and no monsters in this world. Only children should be allowed to use these… — Alfred de Vigny
I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left… — Patrick Rothfuss
Man is not an omipotent master of the universe, allowed to do with impunity whatever he thinks, or whatever suits him at the moment. The… — Vaclav Havel
All men have parties and are pals who never let each other down. A pal can say terrible things which are forgotten the next day.… — Tove Jansson
I only want sweet peace and kindliness when I awaken -- but there's always some finger pointing, telling me some terrible deed I committed during… — Charles Bukowski
Here ends another day, during which I have had eyes, ears, hands and the great world around me. Tomorrow begins another day. Why am I… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Love should be allowed. I’m all for it. Now that I’ve got a pretty good idea what it is. — Truman Capote
Indeed, at hearing the news that 'the old god is dead', we philosophers and 'free spirits' feel illuminated by a new dawn; our heart overflows… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The conclusion I have reached is that, above all, dogs are witnesses. They are allowed access to our most private moments. They are there when… — Carolyn Parkhurst
The miracle was that he had been allowed to do a miracle. And ever, says Mallory, Sir Lancelot wept, as he had been a child… — T.H. White
Amy adored both the new look and the new person it allowed her to be. Following the photo shoot, she wore her bruises to the… — David Sedaris
We are all so guilty at the way we have allowed the world around us to become more ugly and tasteless every year that we… — Norman Mailer
That night Demosthenes published a scathing denunciation of the population limitation laws. People should be allowed to have as many children as they like, and… — Orson Scott Card
Strong winds buffet the sea oats and tall dune grasses, tossing sand and seabirds where it will, winding my sister's golden hair into sunlit spirals… — Karen White
If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women. The world perhaps would laugh at me, and accuse me of… — Abigail Adams
How is it right to slip free of an old skin and walk away from the scene of the crime? We came, we saw, we… — Barbara Kingsolver
Why did everything always change when all you wanted, all you had ever humbly asked of whatever God there might be, was that certain things… — Richard Yates
You know what this is?" Lula said. "This here's plane rage." Plane rage isn't allowed. It got taken off the allowed activities list along with… — Janet Evanovich
Soviet-style communism failed, not because it was intrinsically evil, but because it was flawed. It allowed too few people to usurp too much power. Twenty-first… — Arundhati Roy
many people must be ruled to thrive. In their selfishness and greed, they see free people as their oppressors. They wish to have a leader… — Terry Goodkind
Tink was not all bad: or, rather, she was all bad just now, but, on the other hand, sometimes she was all good. Fairies have… — James M. Barrie

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