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We remain a young nation, but in the words of Scripture, the time has come to set aside childish things. The time has come to… — Barack Obama
There was nothing I hated worse than clumps of whispering girls who got quiet when I passed. I started picking scabs off my body and,… — Sue Monk Kidd
In this flowing stream, then, on which there is no abiding, what is there of the things which hurry by on which a man would… — Marcus Aurelius
Thus we arrive at the singular conclusion that of all the information passed by our cultural assets it is precisely the elements which might be… — Sigmund Freud
As we passed under a streetlamp I noticed, beside my own bobbing shadow, another great, leaping grotesquerie that had an uncanny suggestion of the frog… — Loren Eiseley
Anything to declare? the customs inspector said."Two pound of uncut heroin and a manual of pornographic art," Mark answered, looking about for Kity. All Americans… — Leon Uris
ROXANE: Live, for I love you! CYRANO: No, In fairy tales When to the ill-starred Prince the lady says 'I love you!' all his ugliness… — Edmond Rostand
Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a while, until enough… — Harper Lee
Where now are the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? Where is the helm and the hauberk, and the bright… — J.R.R. Tolkien
However they may have felt when they left they were now committed, they had passed the point of no return. — Hubert Selby, Jr.
Unoka went into an inner room and soon returned with a small wooden disc containing a kola nut, some alligator pepper and a lump of… — Chinua Achebe
Writing's funny, it's like walking down a hall in the dark looking for the light switch, and suddenly you find it, flip it on, and… — Jonathan Safran Foer
The hour of noon has passed,' said Judge Fang. 'Let us go and get some Kentucky Fried Chicken. — Neal Stephenson
Historical fact: People stopped being people in 1913. That was the year Henry Ford put his cars on rollers and made his workers adopt the… — Jeffrey Eugenides
There was a very cautious man Who never laughed or played He never risked, he never tried, He never sang or prayed. And when he… — John C. Maxwell
A thump thump thump noise that was so unfamiliar, and yet I couldn't quite place it. But I knew it. It was---"Mmm-hmmm," Monica murmured, just… — Sarah Dessen
And then it occurs to me. They are frightened. In me, they see their own daughters, just as ignorant, just as unmindful of all the… — Amy Tan
Sanchez looked at me and we locked eyes a second too long. There was nothing I could do about it. The signal went out. A… — Rick Riordan
The main courtyard was filled with warriors - mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their… — Rick Riordan
What did i know of your fantasies? Why do we know so little about the fantasies of our parents? What do we know of somebody… — Pascal Mercier

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