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7889 Certain quotes by 4693 unique authors

There should be a statute of limitation on grief. A rulebook that says it is all right to wake up crying, but only for a… — Jodi Picoult
It is a curious emotion, this certain homesickness I have in mind. With Americans, it is a national trait, as native to us as the… — Carson McCullers
In this book it is spoken of the Sephiroth and the Paths; of Spirits and Conjurations; of Gods, Spheres, Planes, and many other things which… — Aleister Crowley
The saddest thing was actually getting fed up with one another. It's like growing up in a family. When you get to a certain age,… — George Harrison
Its funny how certain objects convey a message -- my washer and dryer, for example. They can't speak, of course, but whenever I pass them… — David Sedaris
[M]an is condemned to be free. Condemned, because he did not create himself, in other respect is free; because, once thrown into the world, he… — Jean-Paul Sartre
In the first place, Cranford is in possession of the Amazons; all the holders of houses above a certain rent are women. If a married… — Elizabeth Gaskell
There is indeed a certain sense of gratification when we do a good deed that gives us inward satisfaction, and a generous pride that accompanies… — Michel de Montaigne
Quiet descended, a silence so consuming that even the drafty corridors ceased whistling. Bog wasn't certain where to look, so he solved the problem by… — A. Lee Martinez
Beyond a certain age, sincerity ceases to feel pornographic. — Douglas Coupland
Things have dropped from me. I have outlived certain desires; I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street. — James Thurber
It is curious how people take it for granted that they have a right to preach at you and pray over you as soon as… — George Orwell
.. the truth is what you can't see but are certain of anyway. — Rachel Klein
I suppose therefore that all things I see are illusions; I believe that nothing has ever existed of everything my lying memory tells me. I… — Rene Descartes
Even if it seems certain that you will lose, retaliate. Neither wisdom nor technique has a place in this. A real man does not think… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
At first I saw you everywhere. Now only in certain things, at longer intervals. — Louise GluÌˆck
The traveling salesmen fed me pills that made the lining of my veins feel scraped out, my jaw ached... I knew every raindrop by its… — Denis Johnson
This cell belongs to a brain, and it is my brain, the brain of me who is writing; and the cell in question, and within… — Primo Levi
It would be better for us to have some doubts in an honest pursuit of truth, than it would be for us to be certain… — Daniel Wallace
Strange, the desire for certain pleasures is a part of my pain. — Khalil Gibran

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