Effect Quotes

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Mostly what you lose with time, in memory, is the specificity of things, their exact sequence. It all runs together, becomes a watery soup. Portmanteau… — James Sallis
After playing Chopin, I feel as if I had been weeping over sins that I had never committed, and mourning over tragedies that were not… — Oscar Wilde
The tune was wailing and mournful, almost flagrantly so, and the total effect was of a heartbroken piccolo being parted forever from its bagpipe lover. — Peter S. Beagle
If you make some comment even obliquely alluding to menstruation or menopause and its effect on my judgment," Murphy interrupted, "I will break your arm… — Jim Butcher
One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring… — Albert Einstein
Finding the center of strength within ourselves is in the long run the best contribution we can make to our fellow men. ... One person… — Rollo May
My father used to say that life is what you make it. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. You canâ€™t… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
In so far as it takes effect at all, pacifist propaganda can only be effective against those countries where a certain amount of freedom of… — George Orwell
Far from being the father of jihad, [Prophet] Mohammad was a peacemaker, who risked his life and nearly lost the loyalty of his closest companions… — Karen Armstrong
You are well aware of your effect on women, and I'm sure it gratifies you no end to watch them sigh and salivate over your… — Loretta Chase
The planting of a tree, especially one of the long-living hardwood trees, is a gift which you can make to posterity at almost no cost… — George Orwell
You know," Gabriel said, "there was a time I thought we could be friends, Will." "There was a time I thought I was a ferret,"… — Cassandra Clare
I had become too accustomed to the pseudo-Left new style, whereby if your opponent thought he had identified your lowest possible motive, he was quite… — Christopher Hitchens
The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain… — Cormac McCarthy
Detection is, or ought to be, an exact science and should be treated in the same cold and unemotional manner. You have attempted to tinge… — Arthur Conan Doyle
The Savior taught His disciples, 'For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same… — Thomas S. Monson
Empty canvas. In appearance - really empty, silent, indifferent. Stunned, almost. In effect - full of tensions, with thousand subdued voices, heavy with expectations. A… — Wassily Kandinsky
I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people-to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole,… — Lauren Oliver
Danger is a side effect of what I do, not the reason behind it. — Mira Grant
Would you require a wretched being, whose life is slowly wasting under a lingering disease, to despatch himself at once by the stroke of a… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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