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A man's sexual choice is the result and the sum of his fundamental convictions.... He will always be attracted to the woman who reflects his… — Ayn Rand
To live is to have worries and uncertainties. Keep them inside, and they will destroy you for certain--leaving behind a person so callused that emotion… — Brandon Sanderson
All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate. — Julio Cortazar
A serious adult story must be true to something in life. Since marvel tales cannot be true to the events of life, they must shift… — H P Lovecraft
I don't deny," he said, "that there should be priests to remind men that they will one day die. I only say that at certain… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The pure playfulness of certain wholly whimsical portions of (Charles) Crosâ€™s work should not obscure the fact that at the center of some of his… — Andre Breton
There is no such thing as educational value in the abstract. The notion that some subjects and methods and that acquaintance with certain facts and… — John Dewey
On certain occasions art can shake very ordinary spirits, and whole worlds can be revealed by its clumsiest interpreters. — Gustave Flaubert
As you get older, the heart shed its leaves like a tree. You cannot hold out against certain winds. Each day tears away a few… — Gustave Flaubert
Loving humanity means as much, and as little, as loving raindrops, or loving the Milky Way. You say that you love humanity? Are you sure… — Julian Barnes
Is despair wrong? Isnâ€™t it the natural condition of life after a certain age? â€¦ After a number of events, what is there left but… — Julian Barnes
I used to think I had no will to power. Now I perceive that I vented it on thoughts, rather than people. Conquering an unknown… — Aldous Huxley
Sometimes it takes more courage not to let yourself see. Sometimes knowledge is damaging - not enlightenment but enleadenment. If one recognizes the difference and… — Marisha Pessl
The appeal of the spectrally macabre is generally narrow because it demands from the reader a certain degree of imagination and a capacity for detachment… — H P Lovecraft
It makes utter sense to stay healthy and strong, to be as nourishing to the body as possible. Yet I would have to agree, there… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Years after I'd seen him for the last time I found myself thinking of him unexpectedly and often. You know how certain places grow powerful… — Don DeLillo
For, to my mind, this is a certain principle, that nothing is here treated of but the visible form of the world. He who would… — John Calvin
Without willing it, I had gone from being ignorant of being ignorant to being aware of being aware. And the worst part of my awareness… — Maya Angelou
No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness… — Charlotte Bronte
It was true that the city could still throw shadows filled with mystifying figures from its past, whose grip on the present could be felt… — Christopher Fowler

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