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Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were… — Abigail Van Buren
The main courtyard was filled with warriors - mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their… — Rick Riordan
Fame you'll be famous, as famous as can be, with everyone watching you win on TV, Except when they don't because sometimes they won't.. — Dr. Seuss
Dear Complete and Utter Stranger, The first thing that I have to say is that I hate oatmeal. I really hate it. And you know… — Jaclyn Moriarty
Ideas come at any moment -- except when you demand them. Most ideas come while I'm physically active, at the gym, with friends, gardening, so… — Chuck Palahniuk
I think I'll be a clown when I get grown,' said Dill. Jem and I stopped in our tracks. Yes sir, a clown,' he said.… — Harper Lee
Rather, very, little, pretty -- these are the leeches that infest the pond of prose, sucking the blood of words. The constant use of the… — William Strunk, Jr.
I still believe in the Holy Trinity, except now it's Target, Trader Joe's, and IKEA. — Jen Lancaster
The first time I hung out with [David Blaine], he took me to this condemned building, and it had a pizza oven and he crawled… — Harmony Korine
How joyful to be together, alone as when we first were joined in our little house by the river long ago, except that now we… — Wendell Berry
The adventure is over. Everything gets over, and nothing is ever enough. Except the part you carry with you. It's the same as going on… — E L Konigsburg
Five years from now, youâ€™re the same person except for the people youâ€™ve met and the books youâ€™ve read. — John Wooden
The nasty little apes that call themselves human beings can do nothing except run and hide. — Michael Crichton
Loosen up. Relax. Except for rare life-and-death matters, nothing is as important as it first seems. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I have grown weary of literature: silence alone comforts me. If I continue to write, itâ€™s because I have nothing more to accomplish in this… — Clarice Lispector
There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension. — John Steinbeck
I wonder if there was anything I would have done differently. I hope I would have done everything differently, except I know everything would have… — Lisa See
If you want to know what cram is, I can only say that I donâ€™t know the recipe; but it is biscuitish, keeps good indefinitely,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
The world of the Takers is one vast prison, and except for a handful of Leavers scattered across the world, the entire human race is… — Daniel Quinn
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

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