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I have a clear view of 12 years of history of my inner self. First the cramped self, that self with big blinkers, then the… — Paul Klee
The amount of force and violence necessary to board the train, for example was no less and no more than the amoount of politeness and… — Gregory David Roberts
Ourselves are cosmic and capacious beyond conjecture, and to experience some notion of the planetary perspective is the richest income from travelling. It takes all… — Amos Bronson Alcott
I call those men worldly, earthly, or coarse, whose hearts and minds are wholly fixed on this earth, that small part of the universe they… — Jean de la Bruyere
Can an author with reason complain that he is cramped and shackled if he is not at liberty to publish blasphemy, bawdry, or sedition?; all… — Bill Vaughan
To the body and mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company, nature is medicinal and restores their tone. The tradesman, the attorney… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is… — Anne Lamott
Life is a peephole, a single tiny entry onto a vastness--how can I not dwell on this brief, cramped view of things? This peephole is… — Yann Martel
How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You… — John Steinbeck
We need limitations and temptations to open our inner selves, dispel our ignorance, tear off disguises, throw down old idols, and destroy false standards. Only… — Helen Keller
Dissident Natan Sharansky writes that there are two kinds of states -- "fear societies" and "free societies," two kinds of consciousness. The consciousness derived of… — Naomi Wolf
His vision, from the constantly passing bars, has grown so weary that it cannot hold anything else. It seems to him there are a thousand… — Rainer Maria Rilke
And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you… — Sylvia Plath
God, but life is loneliness, despite all the opiates, despite the shrill tinsel gaiety of "parties" with no purpose, despite the false grinning faces we… — Sylvia Plath
It would have really cramped my future plans had I died. (Nick) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Cogswhallop glanced skeptically at the complex runes. "Are you sure this'll work, gen'ral?" "Of course I'm sure-" Ping. The silvery note echoed in the cramped… — Hilari Bell
Our weapons are the ironic mind against the literal: the open mind against the credulous; the courageous pursuit of truth against the fearful and abject… — Christopher Hitchens
It would require a singularly stupid man to go hang around in narrow tunnels and cramped spaces alongside a threat like that. "And I, Harry… — Jim Butcher
Roen snorted. "You two have the strangest relationship in the Dells." Archer smiled slightly. "She won't consent to make it a marriage." "I can't imagine… — Kristin Cashore
There are intellectual vagabonds, to whom the hereditary dwelling-place of their fathers seems too cramped and oppressive for them to be willing to satisfy themselves… — Max Stirner
I turned over, and those big hands got to work on my back. I stifled a whimper in the pillow, because Marco's idea of a… — Karen Chance
The lizard stared up at us, and we stared back, taking each other in. He was little and defenseless, I felt sorry for him already.… — Sarah Dessen
She had been living like a hermit herself, in a cramped, seedy apartment in Somerville, spending long hours in the lab. All-nighters had become a… — Michael Crichton
One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity,… — Napoleon Bonaparte
Without security, civilization is cramped and dwarfed. Without security, there can be no freedom. Nor shall I say too much, when I declare that security,… — Charles Sumner

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