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Intellect takes us along in the battle of life to a certain limit, but at the crucial moment it fails us. Faith transcends reason. It… — Mahatma Gandhi
There is only one thing a writer can write about: what is in front of his senses at the moment of writing... I am a… — William S. Burroughs
Assassins did have a certain code, after all. It was dishonorable to kill someone if you weren't being paid. — Terry Pratchett
Above a certain level of income, the relative value of material consumption vis-a-vis leisure time is diminished, so earning a higher income at the cost… — Ha-Joon Chang
You seem so clear about who you are. So certain that you are just right as you are, that for all your intelligence and maybe… — Alice Walker
We do not accept a religion because it offers us certain rewards. The only thing that a religion can offer us is to be just… — Michael Polanyi
Love is Chocolate The unprocessed kind. Dark. Bitter. But always with the promise of sweet perfection. All it takes is sugar- that certain someone's kiss,… — Ellen Hopkins
There was a time in our very recent history when it was “interesting” to be a Star Wars fan. It was sort of like admitting… — Chuck Klosterman
In this world, only winter is certain — George R. R. Martin
You think, as you walk away from Le Cirque des Rêves and into the creeping dawn, that you felt more awake within the confines of… — Erin Morgenstern
We were not born critical of existing society. There was a moment in our lives (or a month, or a year) when certain facts appeared… — Howard Zinn
This is the theory… that anything that is art… is presumably about some certain thing, but is really always about something else, and it’s no… — Edward Gorey
It was funny, he reflected later, how one’s life could alter in an instant, how one minute everything could be a certain way, and the… — Julia Quinn
The only excursion of my life outside of New Orleans took me through the vortex to the whirlpool of despair: Baton Rouge. . . .… — John Kennedy Toole
It was hard to reassure grown-ups when you weren't certain yourself what you were feeling and thinking—when thoughts dissolved before you could name them. — Paula Fox
What makes art Christian art? Is it simply Christian artists painting biblical subjects like Jeremiah? Or, by attaching a halo, does that suddenly make something… — R C Sproul
He couldn't tell that this was one of those occasions a man never forgets: a small cicatrice had been made on the memory, a wound… — Graham Greene
A crease found it's way onto Joss's forehead. Because he was certain that Sirus was wrong. Girls were more complicated than boys. Girls communicated in… — Heather Brewer
What happened to your stammer?" "I suppose I must feel comfortable with you. I tend to stammer less with certain people." "No one's ever told… — Lisa Kleypas
The Smythe-Smith musicale. Thankfully, it came around just once per year, because Hyacinth was quite certain it would take a full twelve months for her… — Julia Quinn
Children,” Lady Bridgerton said with a sigh as she retook her seat. “I am never quite certain if I’m glad I had them. — Julia Quinn
a few days ago she had been wandering around with a swatch of black silk tied over her eyes. Syrio was teaching her to see… — George R. R. Martin
Certain types of loudmouthism should be a capital offense among decent people. — Robert A. Heinlein
When we speak of the morrow nothing is ever certain. — George R. R. Martin
There’s faith that knows itself as faith, Proyas, and there’s faith that confuses itself for knowledge. The first embraces uncertainty, acknowledges the mysteriousness of the… — R. Scott Bakker

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