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965 Former quotes by 762 unique authors

The human body essentially recreates itself every six months. Nearly every cell of hair and skin and bone dies and another is directed to its… — Donald Miller
Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the former forbids us… — Michel de Montaigne
And I specialize in fixing things up and restoring them to their former glory.” She wondered if that talent extended to humans, maybe even humans… — Jill Shalvis
Time is for dragonflies and angels. The former live too little and the latter live too long. — James Thurber
Thus our own age is essentially one of understanding, and on the average, perhaps, more knowledgeable than any former generation, but it is without passion.… — Soren Kierkegaard
ʺWho′s a spirit user?ʺ said Robert. ʺFormer spirit user,ʺ said Victor, ʺShe became a Strigoi to get away from it.ʺ ʺYes . . . always… — Richelle Mead
But in Republics there is a stronger vitality, a fiercer hatred, a keener thirst for revenge. The memory of their former freedom will not let… — Niccolo Machiavelli
He sought his former accustomed fear of death and did not find it. "Where is it? What death?" There was no fear because there was… — Leo Tolstoy
Human will is the strongest will ever created. There are those who are born to succeed and those who are determined to succeed. The former… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters. They only make good former spouses. — Isabel Allende
It looks too new and pristine ever to have been read by anyone else, but it has been: it keeps falling open at the most… — Helene Hanff
I'm coming to believe that there are two kinds of people... those who choose to be masters of their own fate and those who wait… — Lisa Kleypas
I am fond of history and am very well contented to take the false with the true. In the principal facts they have sources of… — Jane Austen
If any person wants to see clearly just how much she has changed - whether for better or worse - let her revisit after some… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Some men get the world, some men get ex-hookers and a trip to Arizona. You're in with the former, but my God I don't envy… — James Ellroy
So death, the most terrifying of ills, is nothing to us, since so long as we exist, death is not with us; but when death… — Epicurus
She was just a shell of her former self, functioning and talking but hardly alive. — Sarah Dessen
As if being a former vampire drone in a werewolf household were not shocking enough, the maid then opened her mouth and proved that she… — Gail Carriger
Your former friend Luke " Poseidon corrected. "He once promised things like that. He was Hermes's pride and joy. Just bear that in mind Percy.… — Rick Riordan
She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for,… — Louisa May Alcott
I'm a 48-year-old writer who can remember being a 10-year-old writer and who expects someday to be an 80-year-old writer. I'm also comfortably asocial --… — Octavia Butler
Listen, you might want to pack a few of your things together before going to bed. The former bishop of Turkey will be coming tonight… — David Sedaris
I decided to deflect her attitude by giving a long, Southern answer. I come from people who know how to draw things out. Annoy a… — Maureen Johnson
Besides, I'd seen a really nice pair of shoes yesterday in the mall and I wanted them for my own. I can't describe the feeling… — Marian Keyes
I knew it. You’re an alien,” said her former best friend, the pale, bespectacled creature with the spectacular cleavage. “Yes, I’m an alien and I… — Libba Bray

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