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This is the nature of war, whose stake is at once the game and the authority and the justification. Seen so, war is the truest… — Cormac McCarthy
Friendship however is a plant which cannot be forced -- true friendship is no gourd spring up in a night and withering in a day. — Charlotte Bronte
One day, on tearing off some old bark, I saw two rare beetles, and seized one in each hand. Then I saw a third and… — Charles Darwin
It seemed more and more like something out of a children's book - the butterfly that followed the little girl all the way home to… — Sloane Crosley
Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously. — Hunter S. Thompson
When the time comes to you at which you will be forced at last to utter the speech which has lain at the center of… — C.S. Lewis
I am sorry to have to introduce the subject of Christmas. It is an indecent subject; a cruel, gluttonous subject; a drunken, disorderly subject; a… — George Bernard Shaw
Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought. — Pearl S. Buck
…Those who’ve marred their appearance in any way by their actions in life aren’t forced to witness that marring. If they were, they’d become self-conscious… — Richard Matheson
After perhaps thirty meters, just as a soldier turned around, the girl was felled. Hands were clamped upon her from behind and the boy next… — Markus Zusak
To be changed by ideas was pure pleasure. But to learn ideas that ran counter to values and beliefs learned at home was to place… — Bell Hooks
If your workplace was somehow transplanted into the jungle and everyone was forced to survive at a very primitive level, it's safe to say that… — Scott Dikkers
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
If you're honest, you sooner or later have to confront your values. Then you're forced to separate what is right from what is merely legal.… — Tom Robbins
Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction always forced us… — Azar Nafisi
Actors are so fortunate. They can choose whether they will appear in tragedy or in comedy, whether they will suffer or make merry, laugh or… — Oscar Wilde
The age of the pulp magazine was the last in which youngsters, to get their primitive material, were forced to be literate. — Isaac Asimov
Many of us are returning from a long journey during which we were forced to search for things that were of no interest to us.… — Paulo Coelho
When forced to leave my house for an extended period of time, I take my typewriter with me, and together we endure the wretchedness of… — David Sedaris
Perhaps the immobility of the things that surround us is forced upon them by our conviction that they are themselves, and not anything else, and… — Marcel Proust
With every lecture, you’re forced to look again at every choice you’ve made over the lesson-by-lesson chain of your entire life. And after all these… — Chuck Palahniuk
I forced myself to picture the last moments. The penultimate breath. A final sigh. And yet. It was always followed by another. — Nicole Krauss
Anyone who thinks that the Communist regimes of Central Europe are exclusively the work of criminals is overlooking a basic truth: The criminal regimes were… — Milan Kundera
We need to ensure that children are not forced to waste their time on barren rubbish. — Philip Pullman
Do you like to slide?" His voice was eager. Stair rails! Did he suspect me? I forced a sigh. "No, Majesty. I'm terrified of heights."… — Gail Carson Levine

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