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To have faith requires courage, the ability to take a risk, the readiness even to accept pain and disappointment. Whoever insists on safety and security… — Erich Fromm
Sit and quiet yourself. Luxuriate in a certain memory and the details will come. Let the images flow. You'll be amazed at what will come… — Frank McCourt
I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule. — Herman Wouk
You know how to be a good boy?" Anna widened her eyes in surprise. "Why, Archer, I'm certain I never recognized that quality in you. — Lora Leigh
Sometimes, I think we're afraid to admit we want certain things. Especially things that contradict the image we have of ourselves. — Debbie Macomber
How easy it is to think well of ourselves. Until the moment is upon us, we can never be certain. — Lloyd Alexander
The very desire to be certain,to be secure,is the beginning of bondage.It's only when the mind is not caught in the net of certainty,and is… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
The person who is certain, and who claims divine warrant for his certainty, belongs now to the infancy of our species. — Christopher Hitchens
The things one feels absolutely certain about are never true. That is the fatality of faith, and the lesson of romance. — Oscar Wilde
Lifeâ€™s not a video game, Felix- there arenâ€™t a certain number of points that send you to the next level. There isnâ€™t actually any next… — Zadie Smith
Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other… — Akira Kurosawa
I did some research on this a couple years ago," Augustus continued. "I was wondering if everybody could be remembered. Like, if we got organized,… — John Green
Some jobs required a certain level of detachment; a turning off of emotions in order to do the things that needed to be done. — Julie James
Valancy herself had never quite relinquished a certain pitiful, shamed, little hope that Romance would come her way yetâ€”never, until this wet, horrible morning, when… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
She had said she didnâ€™t feel fear, but it was a lie; this was her fear: being left alone. Because of one thing she was… — Laini Taylor
You solve it as you get older, when you reach the point where you've tasted so much that you can somehow sacrifice certain things more… — Ted Hughes
Iâ€™ve never been certain whether the moral of the Icarus story should only be, as is generally accepted, â€˜donâ€™t try to fly too high,â€™ or… — Stanley Kubrick
I feel closer ties and more intimate bonds with certain characters in books, with certain images Iâ€™ve seen in engravings, than with many supposedly real… — Fernando Pessoa
You will serve the Cyrstal Throne well. It would be a shame to see you assassinated too early. I will make certain that the first… — Robert Jordan
This, for many people, is what's most offensive about huntingâ€”to some, disgusting: that it encourages, or allows, us not only to kill but to take… — Michael Pollan

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