Avoid Quotes

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There are forces working in the world as never before in the history of mankind for standardization, for the regimentation of us all, or what… — Madeleine L'Engle
Horace, when you get older, try to avoid being saddled with an apprentice. Not only are they a damned nuisance, but apparently they constantly feel… — John Flanagan
Angela had done a marvelous job, I tell you. The puke was everywhere except the toilet. The walls, the floor, the sinks - even on… — Nicholas Sparks
You might be tempted to avoid the messiness of daily living for the tranquility of stillness and peacefulness. This of course would be an attachment… — Jon Kabat-Zinn
I feel like I'm playing some giant video game, or trying to solve a really complicated math equation. 'One girl is trying to avoid forty… — Lauren Oliver
Shelby believed that love was like a solar eclipse - breathtakingly beautiful, absorbing, and capable of rendering you blind. She had not necessarily gone out… — Jodi Picoult
At the same time believers realise that the defects they see in one another are tests from Allah. For this reason they don't call attention… — Harun Yahya
I often wondered whether any of the others grasped that I had done it solely to avoid looking a fool. — George Orwell
it is a sad truth in life that when someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of… — Daniel Handler
Do you really mean to tell me the only reason you try to be good is to gain God's approval and reward, or to avoid… — Richard Dawkins
Our footsteps run, and I don't want them to end. I want to run and laugh and feel like this forever. I want to avoid… — Markus Zusak
Daniel, I did not knowwhat I wanted when I was agirl. And then I was a fool in every sense of the word. And now… — Philippa Gregory
The states of birth, suffering, love, and death, are extreme states: extreme, universal, and inescapable. We all know this, but we would rather not know… — James A. Baldwin
It's a mistake to try to avoid the unpleasant things in life... But I'm beginning to consider it... — Charles M. Schulz
Writers spend all their time preoccupied with just the things that their fellow men and women spend their time trying to avoid thinking about. ...… — Harry Crews
I wonder at what point my life swerved to avoid that, and if that life would have been nicer than the one I've got. — Scarlett Thomas
You're the sort of person who, on principle, no longer expects anything of anything. There are plenty, younger than you or less young, who live… — Italo Calvino
If one is to deal with people on a large scale and say what one thinks, how can one avoid melancholy? I donâ€™t admit to… — Virginia Woolf
You picked the seats you did for a reason, right? Familiarity. Too bad the best sleuths avoid familiarity. It dulls the investigative instinct. — Becca Fitzpatrick
Dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice. That way, we avoid all the risks, frustrations… — Paulo Coelho

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