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562 quotes by 481 authors

My other brother-in-law died. He was a karate expert, then joined the army. The first time he saluted, he killed himself. — Henny Youngman
When I joined the ANC, I never thought I would be anything. In no way, did I say, 'One day I could be the president.… — Jacob Zuma
Skin was earth; it was soil. I could see, even on my own skin, the joined trapezoids of dust specks God had wetted and stuck… — Annie Dillard
Outside it's a perfect spring night. We stand on the sidewalk in front of our apartment building, and Henry takes my hand, and I look… — Audrey Niffenegger
I'll be looking for you, Will, every moment, every single moment. And when we do find each other again, we'll cling together so tight that… — Philip Pullman
Light is the left hand of darkness and darkness the right hand of light. Two are one, life and death, lying together like lovers in… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I'm an outlaw, not a philosopher, but I know this much: there's meaning in everything, all things are connected, and a good champagne is a… — Tom Robbins
This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a… — Graham Chapman
Let us find the dam snack bar," Zoe said. "We should eat while we can." Grover cracked a smile. "The dam snack bar?" Zoe blinked.… — Rick Riordan
Fathers are always so proud the first time they see their sons in uniform," she said. "I know Big John Karpinski was," I said. He… — Kurt Vonnegut
The cat joined the Re-education Committee and was very active in it for some days. She was seen one dag sitting on a roof and… — George Orwell
Sometimes they would sit in the parlor together, both reading â€“ in entirely separate worlds, to be sure, but joined somehow. When this happened, other… — Alice Hoffman
Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understood each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at the gossip of… — Shel Silverstein
We came to realise - first with astonishment, then bitterness, and finally with indifference - that intellect apparently wasn't the most important thing...not ideas, but… — Erich Maria Remarque
the lost women I need to know their names those women I would have walked with, jauntily the way men go in groups swinging their… — Lucille Clifton
Beneath the skin, there is fear. Pain. Remorse. Yearning. Desire. A fierce longing for power. All of this. We are joined. It is as if… — Libba Bray
Maybe a hundred years ago our people should have run away from this place, I said... And then run from the next place and the… — Alice Hoffman
Learn to master yourself-to understand both your fears and your desires. That's the key to magic. Then, no one shall have any hold over you.… — Libba Bray
To remain alone did not seem to me a terrible fate, no worse than being falsely joined to another person. — Curtis Sittenfeld
My encounter with another world and another culture and the beginnings of an attachment to them had set up an irritation, barely perceptible but incurable-rather… — Andrei Tarkovsky

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