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Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be real, but it's true; it goes beyond the garland of facts to get… — Yann Martel
There is nothing noble about suffering except the love and forgiveness with which we meet it. Many believe that if they are suffering they are… — Stephen Levine
There is no excuse for bad manners, except fast reflexes. — Steven Brust
The girl dreams she is dangerously ill. Suddenly birds come out of her skin and cover her completely ... Swarms of gnats obscure the sun,… — Carl Jung
She sighed. Loudly. "Physical appearance is not what is important." Yeah right. Tell that to any girl who hasn't bothered to put on a presentable… — Vivian Vande Velde
There was a sergeant at a desk. I knew he was a sergeant because I recognized the marks on his uniform, and I knew it… — Steven Brust
I do not love you except because I love you; I go from loving to not loving you, From waiting to not waiting for you… — Pablo Neruda
It is a truth universally acknowledge that there will always be a gentleman to dance with, except at just the moment when you require one… — Anna Godbersen
I sent a lot of publishing ideas to my publisher, about 30 of them. Each time except 3, i got a "rejection letter". This is… — James Dashner
I was tired of chasing ghosts, hollow men who were outside my comfort zone, men who had nothing to give me except a rush. It… — Terry McMillan
In philosophy class I think we finally decided that 'good' is an infinitely recursive term - it can't be defined except in terms of itself.… — Orson Scott Card
Life is short. Short, and not about anything except what you can touch and what touches you. — Woody Allen
Yet, there was once a king worthy of that name. That king was Arthur. It is paramount disgrace of this evil generation that the name… — Stephen R. Lawhead
Like the water of a deep stream, love is always too much. We did not make it. Though we drink till we burst, we cannot… — Wendell Berry
He wanted nothing, for the time being, except to understand .... Without advice, assistance or plan, he began reading an incongruous assortment of books; he… — Ayn Rand
Squatting on old bones and excrement and rusty iron, in a white blaze of heat, a panorama of naked idiots stretches to the horizon. Complete… — William S. Burroughs
Grudges seldom hurt anyone except the one bearing them. — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I got the idea she'd done her makeup up special for this. Not that she needed much. She was utterly and completely beautiful, except for… — Lilith Saintcrow
She imagines him imagining her. This is her salvation. In spirit she walks the city, traces its labyrinths, its dingy mazes: each assignation, each rendezvous,… — Margaret Atwood
Gifts of the heart can't be claimed by anyone except the giver. — Nicholas Sparks
Nothin’s real scary except in books. — Harper Lee
The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy or fairness or… — Hunter S. Thompson
Raynor slapped her so hard her teeth rattled and eyes stung, but she refused to react except to say saucily, "You must have heard how… — Larissa Ione
But I have to say this in defense of humankind: In no matter what era in history, including the Garden of Eden, everybody just got… — Kurt Vonnegut
They always believe that 'things are in a bad way now,' but they 'haven't any faith in these idealists.' One minute they call Wilson 'just… — F. Scott Fitzgerald

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