Finding Quotes

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I was struck with a bolt of distilled horror like I have never known before. Far worse than suddenly finding yourself walking through a prison… — Augusten Burroughs
The problem is simply finding the right person. Ask Plato. Just make sure she finishes your thoughts and you finish hers. That's all you need. — Elizabeth Kostova
All these years I had been sustained by an illusion-happiness through victory- and now that illusion was burned to ashes. I was no more happier,… — Dan Millman
Stranger, pause and look; From the dust of ages Lift this little book, Turn the tattered pages, Read me, do not let me die! Search… — Edna St. Vincent Millay
You gonna take the case?" It's not a case. It's a missing person. Sort of." You're gonna have a devil of a time finding him… — Janet Evanovich
Most artists are brought to their vocation when their own nascent gifts are awakened by the work of a master. That is to say, most… — Lewis Hyde
Redd stared at the bald head bent down before her. How refreshing Vollrath's sacrifice was. He didn't beg for his life. He didn't embarrasss himself… — Frank Beddor
We start off with high hopes, then we bottle it. We realise that weâ€™re all going to die, without really finding out the big answers.… — Irvine Welsh
Are you referring to the fact that you can't walk across a flat, stable surface without finding something to trip over? — Stephenie Meyer
The human mind delights in finding patternâ€”so much so that we often mistake coincidence or forced analogy for profound meaning. No other habit of thought… — Stephen Jay Gould
And wasn't it terrible, how much he looked forward to those moments, so much so that sometimes even a ride by himself on the subway… — Jhumpa Lahiri
Do not follow me! Let's just be fabulously where we are and who we are. You be you and I'll be me, today and today… — Jerry Spinelli
He said â€œwomanâ€ in the same way Iâ€™d say â€œMmmmm, yummy chocolateâ€ after waking up from hunger pains and finding a Hershey bar in an… — Ilona Andrews
I hoped I wasn't actually dead. That would make finding our parents and saving the world really hard. — James Patterson
Women lose their lives not knowing they can do something different...I claimed myself and remade my life. Only when I knew I belonged to myself… — Dorothy Allison
Challenges that tax our faith are usually opportunities to stretch and strengthen our faith by finding out if we really believe the Lord will help… — Sheri L. Dew
The rule for finding plots for character-centered novels, which is to ask: 'So what's the worst possible thing I can do to *this* guy?' And… — Lois McMaster Bujold
When a man likes you, he will be interested in finding out what you like. If he makes you happy, he feels more secure. Everything… — Sherry Argov
Ever eating, never cloying, All-devouring, all-destroying Never finding full repast, Till I eat the world at last. — Jonathan Swift
First of all, although men have a common destiny, each individual also has to work out his own personal salvation for himself in fear and… — Thomas Merton

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