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I do strongly feel that among the greatest pieces of luck for high achievement is ordeal. Certain great artists can make out without it, Titian… — John Berryman
She emptied herself of Fabio and of herself, of all the useless efforts she had made to get where she was and find nothing there.… — Paolo Giordano
A certain type of man, when he loves for the first time, his love is not really love, it is possession. Possessions don't have rights… — Laurell K. Hamilton
His face held a certain impassivity; you see it in all waiters and valets. They might want to jam a knife through your left eye… — Ann Aguirre
Some day, as soon as a book is printed it will be simultaneously put into digital form. That will be a wonderful research tool, but… — Anne Fadiman
Below a certain point, if you keep too quiet, people no longer see you as thoughtful or deep; they simply forget you. — Douglas Coupland
There is always a choice." "You mean I could choose certain death?" "A choice nevertheless, or perhaps an alternative. You see I believe in freedom.… — Terry Pratchett
There were many words that you could not stand to hear and finally only the names of places had dignity. Certain numbers were the same… — Ernest Hemingway
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the most sweeping civil rights legislation of its day, and included women's rights as part of its reforms.… — Adam Selzer
I think play must have been invented so we wouldn't go mad thinking about certain things. — Audrey Niffenegger
There are people I've yet to meet who are waiting for my path to intersect with theirs, so they can complete their own journeys. I… — Richard Paul Evans
It was as if for the remainder of his life he was condemned to carry with him the egos of certain people, early met and… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
...men in fear and hunger destroy their stomachs in the fight to secure certain food, where men hungering for love destroy everything lovable about them....… — John Steinbeck
I had been a girl of whom certain things were expected, none of them too bad: a career as a nurse, for example; a sense… — Jamaica Kincaid
That was the moment he got the idea he possessed me in a certain way, and that was the moment I grew tired of him. — Jamaica Kincaid
It’s admirable, what you do, what she does, but to me animal-welfare people are a bit like Christians of a certain kind. Everyone is so… — J M Coetzee
If one harbors anywhere in one's mind a nationalistic loyalty or hatred, certain facts, though in a sense known to be true, are inadmissable. — George Orwell
I do forget sometimes how much it means for certain men—for certain people—to be able to provide their loved ones with material comforts and protection… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I've got a lot to download on your mercy and grace. I've always rushed up to You and dumped whatever it was and hurried away,… — Jan Karon
Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him...and as you know people can… — Alberto Moravia
You have been professing yourself reluctant to throw off your load of illusion because truth was uncertain. Well, it is certain now, yet the burden… — Saint Augustine
Things pass, and the best we can do is to let them really go away. Getting rid of certain memories also means making some room… — Paulo Coelho
He said, "I am a man," and that meant certain things to Juana. It meant that he was half insane and half god. — John Steinbeck
It's like how on certain days some people wear sweaters when other people can wear t-shirts and still feel comfortable - different reactions to the… — Maggie Stiefvater
There are significant relationships, of course, between wanting things and caring about them..The notion of caring is in large part constructed out of the notion… — Harry Frankfurt

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