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1270 Definitions quotes by 977 unique authors

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
If a person is intelligent, then of course he is either an agnostic or an atheist. Just as he is a physical coward. They are… — John Fowles
[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
Nothing, she now knew, could be defined in exclusion, and every bug, pencil, and grass blade was a dictionary in itself, requiring the definitions of… — Anthony Marra
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
Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence." (Harvard Business School definition… — Sheryl Sandberg
However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity. It… — Brandon Sanderson
Resistance by definition is self-sabotage. — Steven Pressfield
When a man no longer confuses himself with the definition of himself that others have given him, he is at once universal and unique. He… — Alan Watts
You’ll come with us,” she said. “Sure,” Gavin said. “It wasn’t a request.” “Yes it was,” Gavin said. “When you don’t have power to compel… — Brent Weeks
But if you seek forgiveness, doesn't that automatically mean you cannot be a monster? By definition, doesn't that desperation make you human again? — Jodi Picoult
Wise men don't need concrete answers. By definition, they need wisdom." ~ Geraki — Richelle Mead

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