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Th' first thing to have in a libry is a shelf. Fr'm time to time this can be decorated with lithrachure. But th' shelf is… — Finley Peter Dunne
we might also call vertigo the intoxication of the weak. aware of his weakness, a man decides to give in rather than stand up to… — Milan Kundera
The fruition of the year had come and the night should have been fine with a moon in the sky and the crisp sharp promise… — Sherwood Anderson
The main character of any living system is openness. — Ilya Prigogine
We came out here to find the American Dream, and now that we're right in the vortex you want to quit ... You must realize… — Hunter S. Thompson
We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses… — Edward R. Murrow
These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside. They should direct their anger… — Yann Martel
There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick and so… — Kurt Vonnegut
The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist! — Auguste Rodin
Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is… — Anne Lamott
Get the few main lines and see what lines they call out. — Robert Henri
I live, which is the main point. — Heinrich Heine
If you are a Christian you do not have to believe that all the other religions are simply wrong all through. If you are an… — C.S. Lewis
Here's all you have to know about men and women: women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that… — George Carlin
The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not our mother: Nature is our sister. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Question for God every morning: What is the main event today? What do you want me to focus on today? — John C. Maxwell
...and the funny thing was that people who weren't entirely certain they were right always argued much louder than other people, as if the main… — Terry Pratchett
... the state of rapture I experience when I read a wonderful book is one of the main reasons I read; but it doesn't happen… — Nora Ephron
Personally, I believe “Young Adult” to be an arbitrary title that means the book "Can be enjoyed by anyone/Has a main character who’s not quite… — Shannon Hale
That country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons… — Ray Bradbury
The main thing to remember is that making love is at onces the silliest and the most sacred act humans can perform. — Patricia Briggs
It is easy to forget that in the main we die only seven times more slowly than our dogs. — Jim Harrison
I thought we had reached an understanding, the institution of marriage and I. Weddings are like the triathalon of female friendship: the Shower, the Bachelorette… — Sloane Crosley
Sergeant Colon of the Ankh-Morpork City Guard was on duty. He was guarding the Brass Bridge, the main link between Ankh and Morpork. From theft.… — Terry Pratchett
Ester asked why people are sad. "That’s simple," says the old man. "They are the prisoners of their personal history. Everyone believes that the main… — Paulo Coelho

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