Elements Quotes

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Because no man can ever feel his own identity aright except his eyes be closed; as if darkness were indeed the proper element of our… — Herman Melville
We knew so little about eachother. We lay mostly submerged, like ice floes with our visible social selves projecting only cool and white. Here was… — Ian Mcewan
Our element is unending immaturity. — Witold Gombrowicz
Love the world and yourself in it, move through it as though it offers no resistance, as though the world is your natural element. — Audrey Niffenegger
When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure. — Alice Hoffman
One thing about which fish know exactly nothing is water, since they have no anti-environment which would enable them to perceive the element they live… — Marshall McLuhan
Those who feel guilty contemplating "betraying" the tradition they love by acknowledging their disapproval of elements within it should reflect on the fact that the… — Daniel Dennett
As I stood alone and forsaken, and the power of the sea and the battle of the elements reminded me of my own nothingness, and… — Soren Kierkegaard
Good evening, Lord Corwin,' said the lean, cadaverous figure who rested against a storage rack, smoking his pipe, grinning around it. Good evening, Roger. How… — Roger Zelazny
Isabelle and Sebastian? Hardly. Sebastianâ€™s a nice guy â€“ Isabelle only likes dating thoroughly inappropriate boys our parents will hate. Mundanes, Downworlders, petty crooksâ€¦â€ â€œThanks,â€… — Cassandra Clare
The resulting texts always took a narrative term, enigmatic at first but ultimately explicit and often premonitory. The semantic distribution of these basic elements diverted… — Brion Gysin
Wonder is the heaviest element on the periodic table. Even a tiny fleck of it stops time. — Diane Ackerman
The worst of having so much tact was that you never quite knew whether other people were acting naturally or being tactful too. [The human… — W. Somerset Maugham
People are always a little disconcerted when you don't recognize them, they are so important to themselves, it is a shock to discover of what… — W. Somerset Maugham
Nothing can be sadder or more profound than to see a thousand things for the first and last time. To journey is to be born… — Victor Hugo
How often, you wonder, has the direction of your life been shaped by such misunderstandings? How many opportunities have you been denied--or, for that matter,… — Kevin Brockmeier
Despite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: naÃ¯vetÃ©, that fabulous quality that keeps you from… — Steve Martin
The supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the… — Albert Einstein
In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun. You find the fun and - SNAP - the job's a game! — Julie Andrews
This is the most important lesson you must learn about magic," Miss Ochiba went on. "There are many ways of seeing. Each has an element… — Patricia C. Wrede

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