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It is a popular fact that nine-tenths of the brain is not used and, like most popular facts, it is wrong. Not even the most… — Terry Pratchett
[...] endless action and reaction. Those beautifully rounded pebbles which you gather on the sand and which you hold in your hand and marvel at… — Frederick Douglass
...what makes you older is when your bones, muscles and blood wear out, when the heart sinks into oblivion and all the houses you ever… — Richard Brautigan
Tegus, I'm leaving this book behind for you, so you will know the why of it all, and maybe you'll forgive me, or maybe you'll… — Shannon Hale
I really believe that no matter how old people get, they tend to change in certain ways depending on how people treat them - they… — Banana Yoshimoto
lf you’re going to deal with reality, you’re going to have to make one big discovery: Reality is something that belongs to you as an… — Frank Zappa
While you are continuing this practice, week after week, year after year, your experience will become deeper and deeper, and your experience will cover everything… — Shunryu Suzuki
He was right. They could have a whole conversation without exchanging a word. And the conversation they had right now went like this: Colin, shut… — Tessa Dare
There are certain truths which stand out so openly on the roadsides of life, as it were, that every passer-by may see them. Yet, because… — Adolf Hitler
It is a great mistake to regard a certain object as pleasurable in itself and to store the idea of it in the mind in… — Paramahansa Yogananda
Time, Kate was learning, was like a river. You might put up obstacles, even divert it briefly, but the river had a will of it's… — John Stephens
We’d spent years as adversaries, two predators sharing territory and a certain, unwelcome attraction. Somehow, during all those years I spent outwardly acquiescing to his… — Patricia Briggs
Until you, I didn't consider my past as an issue. Yes, it affected certain ways I did things, but everything had its place and I… — Sylvia Day
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
And they'll vote for me because I'm the best liar, because I do it honestly, with a certain finesse. They know that lies and truth… — Mark Helprin
We must conquer life by living it to the full, and then we can go to meet death with a certain prestige. — Aleister Crowley
A leather jacket,” Kami said as he shrugged into it. “Aren’t you trying a little too hard to play into certain bad boy clichés?” “Nah”,… — Sarah Rees Brennan
There is a fine line between love and hate, or haven't you heard? Sometimes it's hard to decipher exactly which emotion is strongest." I raised… — Darynda Jones
What happens in a certain place can stain your feelings for that location, just as ink can stain a white sheet. — Daniel Handler
And it would be a spare life he would be certain to lead as a schoolteacher in some urban location. But he had a serenity… — Michael Ondaatje
Before I die, I want to be somebody’s favorite hiding place, the place they can put everything they know they need to survive, every secret,… — Andrea Gibson
‎"I feel certain that Conservatism is through unless Conservatives can demonstrate and communicate the difference between being concerned with [the unemployed, the sick without medical… — Barry Goldwater
I know we loved each other, but distance can do strange things to people and before I was willing to tell you about it, I… — Nicholas Sparks
The very fact that God has placed a certain soul in our way is a sign that God wants us to do something for him… — Mother Teresa
You are pure flame. I touch you and I ignite. I kiss you and I burn to have more. You consume me… like no other… — Tina St. John

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