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Those who talk of the bible as a monument of English prose are merely admiring it as a monument over the grave of Christianity. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I believe in the gods; or rather I believe that I believe in the gods. But I don't believe that they are great brooding presences… — Jean Giraudoux
We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over and actually read a volume of four or five hundred… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In anything fit to be called by the name of reading, the process itself should be absorbing and voluptuous; we should gloat over a book,… — Robert Louis Stevenson
When there is a start to be made, don't step over! Start where you are. — Edgar Cayce
We're not dropping out here, we're infiltrating and taking over. — Terence McKenna
A woman of generous character will sacrifice her life a thousand times over for her lover, but will break with him for ever over a… — Stendhal
I come from grunge, and then Brit-pop, scenes where you boast about how little you spent on an outfit. ... Now, it seems you must… — Caitlin Moran
The unwearable of high heels is self-evidently all around us, coming to a head at the average wedding reception, a uniformly high-heeled occasion. In our… — Caitlin Moran
Happiness is not the whole aim of education. A man must be independent in his powers and character; able to work and assert his mastery… — Maria Montessori
Whoever gives advice to a sick person acquires a feeling of superiority over him, whether the advice be accepted or rejected. — Friedrich Nietzsche
He who wins a thousand common hearts is entitled to some renown; but he who keeps undisputed sway over the heart of a coquette is… — Washington Irving
Money is not going to organize the disadvantaged, the powerless, or the poor. We need other weapons. That's why the War on Poverty is such… — Cesar Chavez
A movement with some lasting organization is a lot less dramatic than a movement with a lot of demonstrations and a lot of marching and… — Cesar Chavez
There is enough love and good will in our movement to give energy to our struggle and still have plenty left over to break down… — Cesar Chavez
Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse. — Pindar
We've traveled too far, and our momentum has taken over; we move idly towards eternity, without possibility of reprieve or hope of explanation. — Tom Stoppard
We often experience more regret over the part we have left, than pleasure over the part we have preferred. — Philibert Joseph Roux
Childish fantasy, like the sheath over the bud, not only protects but curbs the terrible budding spirit, protects not only innocence from the world, but… — Elizabeth Bowen
What if in my waking hours a sound should ring through the silent halls of hearing? ... Would the bow and string tension of life… — Helen Keller

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