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The light had simply and utterly destroyed the darkness. — Ted Dekker
He who jokes in the executioners face can be destroyed, but never defeated. — Tom Robbins
It hardly matters why a library is destroyed: every banning, curtailment, shredding, plunder or loot gives rise (at least as a ghostly presence) to a… — Alberto Manguel
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Keeing busy" is the remedy for all the ills in America. It's also the means by which the creative impulse is destroyed. — Joyce Carol Oates
During the First World War, I told her, Hitler had been a runner, delivering messages between the German trenches, and he was disgusted by seeing… — Chuck Palahniuk
If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed. — Leo Tolstoy
Why, if it was an illusion, not praise the catastrophe, whatever it was, that destroyed illusion and put truth in it's place? — Virginia Woolf
Then there are some minor points that strike me as suggestive - for instance, the position of Mrs. Hubbard's sponge bag, the name of Mrs.… — Agatha Christie
I knew that there had been times in the past-terrible times-when people had destroyed others in haste,in fear, and had brought about their own destruction — Lois Lowry
One could say: "The boundary condition of the universe is that it has no boundary." The universe would be completely self-contained and not affected by… — Stephen Hawking
God created dinosaurs. God destroyed dinosaurs. God created Man. Man destroyed God. Man created dinosaurs. Dinosaurs eat man...Woman inherits the earth. — Michael Crichton
With me, illusions are bound to be shattered. I am here to shatter all illusions. Yes, it will irritate you, it will annoy you -… — Rajneesh
And is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to… — Blaise Pascal
There are genuine mysteries in the world that mark the limits of human knowing and thinking. Wisdom is fortified, not destroyed, by understanding its limitations.… — Mortimer Adler
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. . .… — Abraham Lincoln
True, nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am, but why will say that I am mad?! The disease had haunted my senses,… — Edgar Allan Poe
When she left me I stood out in the thunderstorm, hoping to be destroyed by lightning. It missed, first left, then right. — Ted Kooser
Want of imagination makes things unreal enough to be destroyed. By imagination I mean knowledge and love. I mean compassion. People of power kill children,… — Wendell Berry
There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But alwaysâ€” do not forget this, Winstonâ€”… — George Orwell

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