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Beautiful things only grow to a certain height, and then they fail and fade off. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
We must cultivate, all of us, a certain ignorance, a certain blindness, or society will not be tolerable. — J M Coetzee
A certain something, he felt, had managed to work its way in through a tiny opening and was trying to fill a blank space inside… — Haruki Murakami
I like to borrow a metaphor from the great poet and mystic Rumi who talks about living like a drawing compass. One leg of the… — Elif Safak
There are those rare people who function like human magnets, who are individually so attractive â€“ or repellent, depending on the situation â€“ that a… — Daniel Wallace
Human beings, in point of fact, are lonely by nature, and one should feel sorry for them and love them and mourn with them. It… — HalldÃ³r Laxness
She had a certain way of looking at life which he took as a personal offense. — Henry James
The pleasures of love are really quite wonderful--though I suspect they are rather a luxury and require a certain level of socioeconomic stability to be… — Samuel R. Delany
But I am dead certain--ba-dump-bump-ching--that I'm the first guy to lead an army of spirits in an assault from the spirit-world side...and had them start… — Jim Butcher
At a certain point your brain stops to rationalize things. At a certain point it gives up, shuts off, shuts down. — Lauren Oliver
A certain kind of shittiness, a certain kind of stagnation, a certain kind of darkness, goes on propagating itself by its own power in its… — Haruki Murakami
When you collect marine animals there are certain flat worms so delicate that they are almost impossible to catch whole for they will break and… — John Steinbeck
What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll… — Voltaire
A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatreds and petty grievances. — Lisa Kleypas
A young apprentice applied to a master carpenter for a job. The older man asked him, "Do you know your trade?" "Yes, sir!" the young… — Fred Rogers
WARNING: The following is a transcript of a digital recording. In certain places, the audio quality was poor, so some words and phrases represent the… — Rick Riordan
There are some delightful places in this world which have a sensual charm for the eyes. One loves them with a physical love. We people… — Guy de Maupassant
We are always trying to convert people to a belief in our own explanation of the universe. We think that the more people there are… — Paulo Coelho
In real life things donâ€™t go so smoothly. At certain points in our lives, when we really need a clear-cut solution, the person who knocks… — Haruki Murakami
He could build a city. Has a certain capacity. Thereâ€™s a niche in his chest where a heart would fit perfectly and he thinks if… — Richard Siken

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