Constant Quotes

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The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is already here, the inferno where we… — Italo Calvino
My mind swirled with memories of the life I had led. The constant struggle to keep up appearances, the pretenses, the smiles that had been… — Anchee Min
Our government, conceived in liberty and purchased with blood, can be preserved only by constant vigilance. May we guard it as our children's richest legacy,… — William Jennings Bryan
Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Without you the instruments would die. One sits close beside you. Another takes a long kiss. The tambourine begs, Touch my skin so I can… — Rumi
Nothing endures except change; nothing is constant except death. Every heartbeat wounds us, and life would be an eternal bleeding to death, were it not… — Ludwig Borne
The Product of Freedom and Security is a constant (F X S = k). Giving up freedom for security is beginning to look naive. — Larry Niven
She tried to be calm, and leave things to take their course; and tried to dwell much on this argument of rational dependence â€“ â€œSurely,… — Jane Austen
(Was he talking about a polar expedition, or marriage?) -Jorge Men Wanted: For hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant… — Ernest Shackleton
A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation... A book is not only a… — Henry Miller
The three saddest things are the ill wanting to be well, the poor wanting to be rich, and the constant traveler saying 'anywhere but here'. — E E Cummings
There are no more barriers to cross. All I have in common with the uncontrollable and the insane, the vicious and the evil, all the… — Bret Easton Ellis
This is a great fact: strength is life; weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal, immortal; weakness is constant strain and misery, weakness is… — Swami Vivekananda
It is possible to be honest every day. It is possible to live so that others can trust us-can trust our words, our motives, and… — Gordon B. Hinckley
All right then," said the savage defiantly, I'm claiming the right to be unhappy." "Not to mention the right to grow old and ugly and… — Aldous Huxley
Music is a total constant. That's why we have such a strong visceral connection to it, you know? Because a song can take you back… — Sarah Dessen
Love is like the North Star. In a changing world, it's always constant. — Gordon B. Hinckley
It is not that I do not get angry. I don't give vent to my anger. I cultivate the quality of patience as angerlessness, and… — Mahatma Gandhi
Age certainly hadn't conferred any smarts on me. Character maybe, but mediocrity is a constant, as one Russian writer put it. Russian writers have a… — Haruki Murakami
The weight of the old world is stifling, and trying to shovel its weight off your life is tiring just to think about. The constant… — Hilary Mantel

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