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When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the… — Alexis de Tocqueville
I don't want to be expected to fall in passively someone else's plans for me. That's what I don't want. I don't want it assumed… — Nora Roberts
[I] had gotten to the point where I simply could not make a bad vinaigrette, this was not exactly the stuff of drama. (Even now,… — Nora Ephron
I've heard the word 'fear'. I simply choose to believe it doesn't apply to me. — Cassandra Clare
I have been a writer since 1949. I am self-taught. I have no theories about writing that might help others. When I write, I simply… — Kurt Vonnegut
In the ordinary jumble of my literary drawer, I sometimes find texts I wrote ten, fifteen, or even more years ago. And many of them… — Fernando Pessoa
I’m busy sorting through our new collection of rhinestone jewelry. Should anyone be in the market for sparkly accessories the size of a hubcap, this… — Jen Lancaster
After my bad experience as a kite, I simply refused to go about as a glowing Sadie-headed chicken. That’s fine for Carter, but I have… — Rick Riordan
Sleep is the most moronic fraternity in the world, with the heaviest dues and the crudest rituals. It is a mental torture I find debasing...… — Vladimir Nabokov
I do not look on self-indulgent, sensual people as worthy of my hatred; I simply look upon them with contempt for their poorness of character. — Elizabeth Gaskell
I simply felt alone, one leaf sitting miles away from a giant, communal pile. — Dan Wells
I do not rebel against my God, I simply do not accept his world. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
When a Tralfamadorian sees a corpse, all he thinks is that the dead person is in bad condition in the particular moment, but that the… — Kurt Vonnegut
I would rather sit next to a transgender person and discuss why every single one I've met smells like a bar in the daytime than… — Chelsea Handler
So I simply don't buy the concept of "Generation X" as the "lost generation." I see too many good kids out there, kids who are… — Johnny Cash
I can't wait to get out of the house. I can't wait to get out of here. I've been telling myself this all week. The… — Candace Bushnell
In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting… — Anne Frank
But this time I'm not to blame; I want you to believe that. I simply slipped into those violets. No, I want to be really… — E. M. Forster
I simply believe that a book has a journey to make, and should not be condemned to being stuck on a shelf… Let’s leave our… — Paulo Coelho
…my Lolita remarked: “You know, what’s so dreadful about dying is that you are completely on your own”; and it struck me, as my automaton… — Vladimir Nabokov
I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work. Had I worked fifty or ten or… — Henry Ford
People think me a sort of Florence Nightingale, but I have no heroic qualities. I simply don’t feel very much. — Franny Billingsley
I am entirely well,” said Eldric, “which has Dr. Rannigan exploring first one theory, then another, trying to understand. But not being a man of… — Franny Billingsley
Her violence frightened me. She always claimed that I was the jealous one, and I was often jealous, but when I saw things working against… — Charles Bukowski

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