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The vanity extended most of all to his library, arguably the real love of Cicero's life. It is difficult to name anything in which he… — Stacy Schiff
Individual web pages as they first appeared in the early 1990s had the flavour of person-hood. MySpace preserved some of that flavour, though a process… — Jaron Lanier
Katniss?" He drops my hand and I take a step, as if to catch my balance. "It was all for the Games," Peeta says. "How… — Suzanne Collins
Then she did see it there - just a face, peering through the curtains, hanging in midair like a mask. A head-scarf concealed the hair… — Robert Bloch
Human history has become too much a matter of dogma taught by 'professionals' in ivory towers as though it's all fact. Actually, much of human… — Graham Hancock
As I see it, a successful story of any kind should be almost like hypnosis: You fascinate the reader with your first sentence, draw them… — Alan Moore
What then is the source of my errors? They are owing simply to the fact that, since the will extends further than the intellect, I… — Rene Descartes
It is a grave injustice to a child or adult to insist that they stop crying. One can comfort a person who is crying which… — Alexander Lowen
Were it possible for us to see further than our knowledge reaches, and yet a little way beyond the outworks of our divinings, perhaps we… — Rainer Maria Rilke
I had hated these ponies for the part they played in my father's death but now I realized the notion was fanciful, that it was… — Charles Portis
When you're a teenager, your friends are your life. When you grow up, friendships seem to get pushed further and further back, until it seems… — Sarah Addison Allen
At their best, religious and spiritual communities help us discover this pure and naked spiritual encounter. At their worst, they simply make us more ashamed,… — Brian D. McLaren
I know what you want. You want a story that won't surprise you. That will confirm what you already know. That won't make you see… — Yann Martel
I trust so much in the power of the heart and the soul; I know that the answer to what we need to do next… — Melody Beattie
Utopia is on the horizon. I move two steps closer; it moves two steps further away. I walk another ten steps and the horizon runs… — Eduardo Galeano
You can put a new shirt on your back, slide a fresh chain around your neck, and accumulate all the money and power in the… — Jay-Z
Without further warning, the sky opens up and cries. — Libba Bray
At any moment, you have a choice, that either leads you closer to your spirit or further away from it. — Nhat Hanh
Fool of a Took!" he growled. "This is a serious journey, not a hobbit walking-party. Throw yourself in next time, and then you will be… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I'll drown more sailors than the mermaid shall; I'll slay more gazers than the basalisks; I'll play the orator as well as Nestor, Decieve more… — William Shakespeare

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