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I learned to look more upon the bright side of my condition, and less upon the dark side, and to consider what I enjoyed, rather… — Daniel Defoe
These reflections made me very sensible of the goodness of Providence to me, and very thankful for my present condition, with all its hardships and… — Daniel Defoe
The mountains are so beautiful they make me ache inside because the moment I look away I know I shall need to see them again.… — Anne Perry
I cannot believe homosexuality is that much fun. Heterosexuality certainly is not. — Zadie Smith
I long for solitude and yet I cannot stand it. — Eugene Ionesco
I have lived with you and loved you, and now you are gone. Gone where I cannot follow, until I have finished all of my… — Victoria Hanley
Nay, you'll be ashamed of me everyday of your life," he answered; "and the more ashamed, the more you know me; and I cannot bide… — Emily Bronte
What readers ask nowadays in a book is that it should improve, instruct and elevate. This book wouldn't elevate a cow. I cannot conscientiously recommend… — Jerome K. Jerome
I cannot cause light; the most I can do is try to put myself in the path of its beam. It is possible, in deep… — Annie Dillard
I have to go," he said at last, getting to his feet. "I shouldn't even be here, but I cannot keep my self away from… — Lauren Kate
Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and… — Philip Yancey
I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the… — Theodore Parker
Calvin: The more you know, the harder it is to take decisive action. Once you are informed, you start seeing complexities and shades of gray.… — Bill Watterson
The only thing I cannot resist is temptation. — Oscar Wilde
I feel not only that I cannot disappear, as nothing disappears in the world, but that I will always be and have always been. I… — Leo Tolstoy
I cannot go with you all the way on your journey, but I would go as far as I might — Alison Weir
I think too many people presume to read the divine Scriptures and fall into such terrors as this,' said Patricius sternly. 'Those who presume on… — Marion Zimmer Bradley
I have liv'd long enough for others, like the Dog in the Wheel, and it is now the Season to begin for myself: I cannot… — Peter Ackroyd
I have been here before, But when or how I cannot tell: I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing… — Dante Gabriel Rossetti
You are a set of deceitful scoundrels! But bless you! I give in. I will take Gildor's advice. If the danger were not so dark,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
My friendships, they are a very strong part of my life, they are as light as gossamer but also they are as strong as steel.… — Stevie Smith
I cannot live without brainwork. What else is there to live for? Stand at the window here. Was ever such a dreary, dismal, unprofitable world?… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Indeed, I cannot think why the whole bed of the ocean is not one solid mass of oysters, so prolific the creatures seem. Ah, I… — Arthur Conan Doyle
It's as if I've inherited a skin I cannot quite fit, and so I walk about constantly pulling and and tugging, pinning and pruning, trying… — Libba Bray
Dark house, by which once more I stand Here in the long unlovely street, Doors, where my heart was used to beat So quickly, waiting… — Alfred Lord Tennyson

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