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There again," said Syme irritably, "what is there poetical about being in revolt? You might as well say that it is poetical to be sea-sick.… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Everything happens for a reason, and part of that beauty of life is that we're not allowed to know those reasons for certain. — Aron Ralston
But once a dead God, always a dead God, even resurrected. The Son must have the taste of death forever in his mouth. The Trinity… — Yann Martel
Always keep your foes confused. If they are never certain who you are or what you want, they cannot know what you are like to… — George R. R. Martin
Certain sincerely devout and spiritually advanced people believe that the God of their understanding helps them find parking places and gives them advice on Mass.… — David Foster Wallace
Yet how strange a thing is the beauty of music! The brief beauty that the player brings into being transforms a given period of time… — Yukio Mishima
All I do know, for certain, after 53 years in this business, is that writers who sincerely think that their language can represent reality ought… — Gilbert Sorrentino
I’m not certain you’d know the right sort of man for you if he arrived on our doorstep riding an elephant.” “I would think the… — Julia Quinn
There’s a reason we are drawn to the light. A reason why we fear darkness. It’s important to be terrified and unnerved about certain things.… — Ted Dekker
Watching him, I thought, not for the first time that night, that maybe it should have felt strange to be with him, here, now. And… — Sarah Dessen
If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if… — Carl Sagan
The past does not only draw us back to the past. There are certain memories of the past that have strong steel springs and, when… — Yukio Mishima
Love is tricky. It is never mundane or daily. You can never get used to it. You have to walk with it, then let it… — Amy Tan
If one is to deal with people on a large scale and say what one thinks, how can one avoid melancholy? I don’t admit to… — Virginia Woolf
And then, well . . . He might have slept for a bit. He rather hoped he was sleeping, because he was quite certain he’d… — Julia Quinn
By telling stories, you objectify your own experience. You separate it from yourself. You pin down certain truths. You make up others. You start sometimes… — Tim O'Brien
Something keeps me moving forward, though. A lifetime of watching the Hunger Games lets me know that certain areas of the arena are rigged for… — Suzanne Collins
I shall have one, too," he told her. "So that you don't feel alone." She tried not to smile. "That is most generous of you."… — Julia Quinn
Should, is the worst word in the English language. People always think things "should" be a certain way, and when they're not, they're disappointed. — Candace Bushnell
In Gethsemane the holiest of all petitioners prayed three times that a certain cup might pass from Him. It did not. — C.S. Lewis
Is it because they are so comfortable, they already know what the other is thinking? Or is it because after a certain point, there is… — Jodi Picoult
I go to my Room and I drink and I smoke some cigarettes and I think about her. I drink and I smoke and I… — James Frey
It would be the death of you to come with me, Sam," said Frodo, "and I could not have borne that." "Not as certain as… — J.R.R. Tolkien
My breathing slowed. I shaded her thick chestnut hair resting in a smooth curve against her face, a large bruise blazing across her cheek. I… — Ruta Sepetys
Society is the picnic certain individuals leave early, the party they fail to enjoy, the musical comedy they find not worth the price of admission. — Joyce Carol Oates

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