Definition Quotes

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The hallmark of an authoritarian idiot is yelling TERRORIST-LOVER! at anyone questioning the definition of Terrorist. — Glenn Greenwald
Do you know what the definition of insane is? Yes. It’s the inability to relate to another human being. It’s the inability to love. — Richard Yates
My best definition of a nerd: someone who asks you to explain an aphorism — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I don't want it to end, and so, as every therapist knows, the ego does not want an end to its “problems” because they are… — Eckhart Tolle
Putting my hand in someone else’s has always been my definition of happiness. Before I fall asleep, often - in that small struggle not to… — Clarice Lispector
Love is just a word, but you bring it definition. — Eminem
We have not yet arrived, but every point at which we stop requires a re-definition of our destination. — Ben Okri
But I kept at it with the help-wanted ads. My standards were sliding swiftly. At first I had insisted I would only work at a… — Robin Sloan
I don't deserve you." "You're not allowed to say that." "Why not?" "It's a breakup line. Unless you're breaking up-" Jason leaned over and kissed… — Rick Riordan
Love can't be pinned down by a definition, and it certainly can't be proved, any more than anything else important in life can be proved. — Madeleine L'Engle
Might not hurt you to pick up a book, just as an experiment." Whatever. I looked up the definition for 'nerd' in the dictionary. Know… — Brandon Mull
Children, only animals live entirely in the Here and Now. Only nature knows neither memory nor history. But man - let me offer you a… — Graham Swift
If you want to live within the definition of your own truth, you have to choose to go through the initially painful and ultimately comforting… — David Levithan
I have given no definition of love. This is impossible, because there is no higher principle by which it could be defined. It is life… — Paul Tillich
In my definition I am a protest writer, with restraint. — Chinua Achebe
But all I said, as I dug a five from my pocket to pay for my soda, was, "You have a friend?" Tod scowled. "Well,… — Rachel Vincent
Always' was a promise! How can you just break the promise?" "Sometimes people don't always understand the promises they're making when they make them," I… — John Green
But let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well… — Walter E. Williams
Self-esteem can be so exhausting. I want to cut my hair, change my clothes, erase the pimple from the near-tip of my nose, and strengthen… — David Levithan
Thwart," I said. "To prevent someone from accomplishing something by means of visiting gratuitous violence upon his smarmy person." "I'm pretty sure that isn't the… — Jim Butcher
[Cities] are not like suburbs, only denser. They differ from towns and suburbs in basic ways, and one of these is that cities are, by… — Jane Jacobs
Life seems to be a process of replacing one anxiety with another and substituting one desire for another--which is not to say that we should… — Alain de Botton
Religion is a by-product of fear. For much of human history it may have been a necessary evil, but why was it more evil than… — Arthur C. Clarke
Courage is a heart word. The root of the word courage is cor - the Latin word for heart. In one of its earliest forms,… — BrenÃ© Brown
More than anything, the journal wanted. It wanted more than it could hold, more than words could describe, more than diagrams could illustrate. Longing burst… — Maggie Stiefvater

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