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I think given the choice between loving Mare - betrayal included - and never knowing her, I'd chose love. I risked, and I lost, but… — Brandon Sanderson
Thatâ€™s what the human brain is there forâ€”to turn the chaos of given experience into a set of manageable symbols. Sometimes the symbols correspond fairly… — Aldous Huxley
Given the final futility of our struggle, is the fleeting jolt of meaning that art gives us valuable? Or is the only value in passing… — John Green
No. It is said that the Nephilim are the children of men and angels. All that this angelic heritage has given to us is a… — Cassandra Clare
In my generation, there was a single girl given the strength and skill to fight the spread of darkness...but in your generation, there are nearly… — Joss Whedon
A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less.… — Vera Nazarian
Things are always given to us when we need them... You just have to decide if you're strong enough, brave enough, to seize it and… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
All love is sweet, given or received... — Percy Bysshe Shelley
At New Year's he had given Anne a present of silver forks with handles of rock crystal. He hopes she will use them to eat… — Hilary Mantel
. Deeply, he felt the love for the run-away in his heart, like a wound, and he felt at the same time that this wound… — Hermann Hesse
A couple months after my heart attack, fifty-seven years after I'd given it up, I started to write again. I did it for myself alone,… — Nicole Krauss
He held her as though she was a gift. Given to him in love. Something still and small. Unbearably precious. — Arundhati Roy
Healing blessings come in many ways, each suited to our individual needs, as known to Him who loves us best. Sometimes a â€˜healingâ€™ cures our… — Dallin H. Oaks
Try your best to make goodness attractive. That's one of the toughest assignments you'll ever be given. — Fred Rogers
He felt around desperately for a weapon. What did he have? Diapers? Cookies? Oh, why hadn't they given him a sword? He was the stupid… — Suzanne Collins
And then there was Tick. Brave little Tick, who had flown into the faces of an army of rats to save his baby sister. Tick… — Suzanne Collins
The people in power will not disappear voluntarily, giving flowers to the cops just isn't going to work. This thinking is fostered by the establishment;… — William S. Burroughs
I realize it's commonplace for parents to say to their child sternly, 'I love you, but I don't always like you.' But what kind of… — Lionel Shriver
We infrequently contemplate the harms that await any new-born childâ€”pain, disappointment, anxiety, grief, and death. For any given child we cannot predict what form these… — David Benatar
...marriage is foremost a vocation. Two people are called together to fulfill a mission that God has given them. Marriage is a spiritual reality. That… — Henri Nouwen

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