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Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Angel and Muse approach from without; the Angel sheds light and the Muse gives form (Hesiod learned of them). Gold leaf or chiton-folds: the poet… — Federico Garcia Lorca
The mature man lives quietly, does good privately, takes responsibility for his actions, treats others with friendliness and courtesy, finds mischief boring and avoids it.… — Kenneth Rexroth
There is in nature a parallel unity which corresponds to the unity in the mind and makes it available. This methodizing mind meets no resistance… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
To face a man in combat is challenge enough. To find the goddess in a woman is the life work of a man. Hard though… — Rosalind Miles
A warrior does not give up what he loves, he finds the love in what he does — Dan Millman
It's been said that love finds you when you're ready. — James Patterson
[A]nother important difference between tourist and traveler is that the former accepts his own civilization without question; not so the traveler, who compares it with… — Paul Bowles
You don't find love, it finds you. It's got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what's written in the stars. — Anais Nin
I don't think anybody can teach anybody anything. I think that you learn it, but the young writer that is as I say demon-driven and… — William Faulkner
Everything is connected. The wing of the corn beetle affects the direction of the wind, the way the sand drifts, the way the light reflects… — Tony Hillerman
Know thyself,’ said Socrates. Know thyself,’ said Sappho, ‘and make sure that the Church never finds out. — Jeanette Winterson
There is a way of losing that is finding. When soul overmasters sense. When the noble and divine self overcomes the lower self. When duty… — Joshua Chamberlain
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment… — Kurt Vonnegut
Whoever finds love beneath hurt and grief disappears into emptiness with a thousand new disguises — Rumi
He's convinced most human adults do not know how to play anymore and that playing is one of the best ways to think. Franky finds… — William Wharton
He stood staring into the wood for a minute, then said: "What is it about the English countryside — why is the beauty so much… — Dodie Smith
Wherever love is, I want to be, I will follow it as surely as the land-locked salmon finds the sea. — Jeanette Winterson
Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in its spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or… — Viktor E. Frankl
From in the shadow she calls. And in the shadow she finds a way, finds a way. And in the shadow she crawls, clutching her… — Tori Amos
I can see that you're in love, but only in a very narrow sense. It's the love of someone that finds charms and qualities in… — Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Every widow wakes one morning, perhaps after years of pure and unwavering grieving, to realize she slept a good night's sleep, and will be able… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Synchronize watches at oh six hundred' says the infantry captain, and each of his huddled lieutenants finds respite from fear in the act of bringing… — Richard Yates
There are plenty of good reasons for fighting...but no good reason to ever hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty hates with you, too.… — Kurt Vonnegut
Smile. Nod. Say something witty before he finds out what an incredible geek you are. — Ellen Hopkins

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