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To see the ocean once is to learn how to miss it. ~Mistress Coyle — Patrick Ness
Courage was mine, and I had mystery, Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery: To miss the march of this retreating world Into vain citadels… — Wilfred Owen
All things pass in time. We are far less significant than we imagine ourselves to be. All that we are, all that we have wrought,… — Jim Butcher
When everything else falls down around us, just knowing that there's another person who will miss us when we're gone is enough to see us… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
I know it makes sense for me and him to just break up now and just live our seperate lives and not have to worry… — Megan McCafferty
Choices are funny things-ask a native tribe that's eaten grubs and roots forever if they're unhappy, and they'll shrug. But give them filet mignon and… — Jodi Picoult
It wasn't so much that he minded telling Leslie that he was afraid to go; it was that he minded being afraid. It was as… — Katherine Paterson
Do you see the consequences of the way we have chosen to think about success? Because we so profoundly personalize success, we miss opportunities to… — Malcolm Gladwell
Instructions for Adam Look after no one except yourself. Go to university and make lots of friends and get drunk. Forget your door keyes. Laugh.… — Jenny Downham
And wasn't it terrible, how much he looked forward to those moments, so much so that sometimes even a ride by himself on the subway… — Jhumpa Lahiri
All events are linked together in the best of possible worlds; after all, if you had not been driven from a fine castle by being… — Voltaire
The earth was all before me. With a heart Joyous, nor scared at its own liberty, I look about; and should the chosen guide Be… — William Wordsworth
While I canâ€™t have you, I long for you. I am the kind of person who would miss a train or a plane to meet… — Jeanette Winterson
Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leading the Cyclopes, you are appointed a general… — Rick Riordan
Youâ€™ve got me feeling like youâ€™re that something Iâ€™ve been missing. — Christina Aguilera
The strangest thing has happened. I really missed my dog. That's never happened to me before. You know, on a long tour you do hear… — Bono
Miss Tarabotti was not one of life's milk-water misses--in fact, quite the opposite. Many a gentleman had likened his first meeting with her to downing… — Gail Carriger
I kiss you and kiss you, With arms around my own, Ah, how shall I miss you, When, dear, you have grown. — William Butler Yeats
But suppose one doesn't quite know which one wants to put first. Suppose," said Harriet, falling back on words which were not her own, "suppose… — Dorothy L. Sayers
There's nothing wrong with enjoying looking at the surface of the ocean itself, except that when you finally see what goes on underwater,you realize that… — Dave Barry

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