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Would you like to hear a nice definition of jealousy? It's the feeling that you get when someone you absolutely detest is having a wonderful… — William Peter Blatty
When her muzzle grew more white than brown, the chipmunk forgot that she and the squirrel had had nothing to talk about. She forgot the… — David Sedaris
The only education in grief that any of us ever gets is a crash course. Until Caroline had died I had belonged to that other… — Gail Caldwell
This is the definition of happiness: a whole day stretching out ahead of me, beautiful in its emptiness and simplicity. — Tabitha Suzuma
There are, as we know, powerful and illustrious atheists. At bottom, led back to the truth by their very force, they are not absolutely sure… — Victor Hugo
Many Spirit-filled authors have exhausted the thesaurus in order to describe God with the glory He deserves. His perfect holiness, by definition, assures us that… — Francis Chan
I don't remember you being this reasonable before, " Lissa said. "It's because everyone has different definitions of 'reasonable. ' Mine's just misunderstood, that's all.… — Richelle Mead
Irony, perfect definition: that for which I want to possess it, I would no longer want once I possessed it. — Karen Marie Moning
Real friends are hard to come by, and as annoying as Henry is, he'd throw himself in front of dragon's fire for you." "And that's… — Alexandra Bracken
A single sentence will suffice for modern man. He fornicated and read the papers. After that vigorous definition, the subject will be, if I may… — Albert Camus
My new 9mm didn’t fit my hand as well as my old one, but it was rapidly becoming a familiar weight. At first I’d decided… — Karen Chance
Isn't death the boundary we need? Doesn't it give a precious texture to life, a sense of definition? You have to ask yourself whether anything… — Don DeLillo
For we have been socialized to respect fear more than our own needs for language and definition, and while we wait in silence for that… — Audre Lorde
I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of… — John Steinbeck
People need a moral code, to help them make decisions. All this bio-yogurt virtue and financial self-righteousness are just filling the gap in the market.… — Tana French
Any person who wants to govern the world is by definition the wrong person to do it. — Greg Iles
The kiss was the definition of perfect. True, it lacked the heat, the passion, the breathlessness of the living-world kiss she had given Milos, but… — Neal Shusterman
Nancy clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. And that is the definition of a lady. — Truman Capote
He emphasised basic truths: you are not dying yet, you have to live your life until you are. Underpinning them was the belief that the… — Irvine Welsh
Religions are, by definition, metaphors, after all: God is a dream, a hope, a woman, an ironist, a father, a city, a house of many… — Neil Gaiman
By definition, it is not possible to everyone to be above the average. — James C. Collins
You see, evil always contains the seeds of its own destruction. It is ultimately negative, and therefore encompasses its downfall even at its moments of… — Neil Gaiman
God has no needs. Human love, as Plato teaches us, is the child of Poverty – of want or lack; it is caused by a… — C.S. Lewis
We are afraid that Heaven is a bribe, and that if we make it our goal we shall no longer be disinterested. It is not… — C.S. Lewis
I suppose the word "unbearable" is a lie by definition. Unless you kill yourself immediately after using it. — Glen Duncan

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