Merely Quotes

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The General Theory was not truly revolutionary at all but merely old and oft-refuted mercantilist and inflationist fallacies dressed up in shiny new garb, replete… — Murray Rothbard
In face of this modern nihilism, Christians are often lacking in courage. We tend to give the impression that we will hold on to the… — Francis Schaeffer
Iâ€™m not as good as a man as you are, Sundown. I find it hard to give an enemy my back under any circumstance.â€ â€“… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I can become someone else, not out of pressure and desperation, but merely because a new life sounds fun or interesting or joyful. — Chuck Palahniuk
It is closer to the truth to say that God is crazy than that God is reasonable. I suspect God merely smiles when someone calls… — Peter Kreeft
A certain something, he felt, had managed to work its way in through a tiny opening and was trying to fill a blank space inside… — Haruki Murakami
As a spirit having a human experience, you can choose to not merely exist but to be fully conscious and aware of living in a… — James Van Praagh
Sometimes one who thinks himself incomplete is merely young. — Italo Calvino
It as true that normal people couldn't hear Gaspode speak, because dogs don't speak. It's a well know fact. ... Besides, almost all dogs don't… — Terry Pratchett
We do not admire, we hardly excuse, the fanatic who wrecks this world for love of the other. But what are we to say of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I have desired, like every artist, to create a little world out of the beautiful, pleasant, and significant things of this marred and clumsy world,… — William Butler Yeats
I know itâ€™s not the right thing to say to a lady, miss, but you are sweating like a pig!" "My mother always said that… — Terry Pratchett
I merely feel emptyness. A hollow of dead brush where flowers use to bloom. — Suzanne Collins
The best book is not one that informs merely, but one that stirs the reader up to inform himself. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
...but this is the real objection to that torrent of modern talk about treating crime as disease, about making prison merely a hygienic environment like… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I...asked why purebloods despised me so. He replied, 'What if the difference between social strata stem not from genomics or inherent xcellence or even dollars,… — David Mitchell
These creatures you call mice, you see, they are not quite as they appear. They are merely the protrusion into our dimension of vastly hyperintelligent… — Douglas Adams
Despite rumor, Death isn't cruel--merely terribly, terribly good at his job. — Terry Pratchett
You cannot help being a female, and I should be something of a fool were I to discount your talents merely because of their housing. — Laurie R. King
Try it on." "It's probably a little snug. Marcie tends to buy down when it comes to sizing." He merely smiled. "It has a slit… — Becca Fitzpatrick

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