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So how on earth can I bring a child into the world, knowing that such sorrow lies ahead, that it is such a large part… — Anne Lamott
Generally speaking, the most miserable people I know are those who are obsessed with themselves; the happiest people I know are those who lose themselves… — Gordon B. Hinckley
Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
The consensus seemed to be that if really large numbers of men were sent to storm the mountain, then enough might survive the rocks to… — Terry Pratchett
The second thing I wrote down that day was that exclusive male imagery of the Divine not only instilled an imbalance within human consciousness, it… — Sue Monk Kidd
I thought of my mother as Queen Christina, cool and sad, eyes trained on some distant horizon. That was where she belonged, in furs and… — Janet Fitch
Ladies. Large masses of girls are often prone to this salutation. I hate being mollified with this unsolicited "ladies" business. I know we're all women.… — Sloane Crosley
I took my Power in my Hand -- And went against the World -- 'Twas not so much as David -- had -- But I… — Emily Dickinson
The participation if women in some armies in the world is in reality only symbolic. The talk about the role of Zionist women in fighting… — Saddam Hussein
I sit here drunk now. I am a series of small victories and large defeats and I am as amazed as any other that I… — Charles Bukowski
When they took a young man into Tellson's London house, they hid him somewhere till he was old. They kept him in a dark place,… — Charles Dickens
Talk was like the vitamins of our friendship: Large daily doses kept it healthy. — E L Konigsburg
During the First World War, I told her, Hitler had been a runner, delivering messages between the German trenches, and he was disgusted by seeing… — Chuck Palahniuk
And he absolutely had to find her at once to tell her that he adored her, but the large audience before him separated him from… — Vladimir Nabokov
The hallway was lined with numbered doors, odd numbers on one side and even numbers on the other, and large ornamental vases, too large to… — Daniel Handler
Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot actually masturbate. — Dave Barry
Everything in Los Angeles is too large, too loud and usually banal in concept… The plastic asshole of the world. — William Faulkner
One can never have too large a party. — Jane Austen
Hiro watches the large, radioactive, spear-throwing killer drug lord ride his motorcycle into Chinatown. Which is the same as riding it into China, as far… — Neal Stephenson
Basically, Sherri's idea had to do with bringing Fat's mind down from the cosmic and the abstract to the particular. She had hatched out the… — Philip K. Dick
There's nothing wrong with being a large mammal. — Jim Morrison
Sane people did what their neighbors did, so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them. — George Eliot
Human skin is porous; the world flows through you. Your senses are large pores that let the world in. By being attuned to the wisdom… — John O'Donohue
Small mistakes tend to lead to large ones. Ours is a lifetime appoinment, and all you have is your reputation. Once it's gone, it doesn't… — David Baldacci
When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs you do, you can relax and use more normal means of talking to it;… — Flannery O'Connor

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