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Of course, supernatural acts are what miracles are all about. They are, after all, precisely those things that circumvent the laws of nature. A god… — Lawrence M. Krauss
I shouldn't precisely have chosen madness if there had been any choice, but once such a thing has taken hold of you, you can't very… — Vincent Van Gogh
Dangerously wellâ€™â€” what an irony is this: it expresses precisely the doubleness, the paradox, of feeling â€˜too well — Oliver Sacks
In a dog's world, only three states existed: "now," "in a while," and "forever." If someone left, he was gone "forever," and when he returned… — Mercedes Lackey
The history of a man's soul, even the pettiest soul, is hardly less interesting and useful than the history of a whole people; especially when… — Mikhail Lermontov
Darling, my darling, don't think that I don't love you or that I didn't love you, but it's precisely because I love you that I… — Milan Kundera
...and it strikes her, as she walks, that borders, like hatred, are exaggerated precisely because otherwise they would cease to exist altogether.Â — Colum McCann
Precisely at the point when you begin to develop a conscience you must find yourself at war with your society. — James A. Baldwin
It especially annoys me when racists are accused of 'discrimination.' The ability to discriminate is a precious faculty; by judging all members on one 'race'… — Christopher Hitchens
For the more a man limits himself, the nearer he is on the other hand to what is limitless; it is precisely those who are… — Stefan Zweig
Whereas the tourist generally hurries back home at the end of a few weeks or months, the traveler belonging no more to one place than… — Paul Bowles
But the man who is not afraid to admit everything that he sees to be wrong with himself, and yet recognizes that he may be… — Thomas Merton
The world would hate His followers, not because of evil in their lives, but precisely because of the absence of evil or rather their goodness.… — Fulton J. Sheen
People destined to meet will do so, apparently by chance, at precisely the right moment. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
No day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses. — Wislawa Szymborska
It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
What is literature, and why do I try to write about it? I donâ€™t know. Likewise, I donâ€™t know why I go on living, most… — M. John Harrison
I never understood how anyone could feel small compared with the universe. After all, man knows how overwhelmingly large it is, and a few others… — Harry Mulisch
From her dubious tone alone, I could see how Karin had no idea how terrifying words spoken quietly could be. How words chosen precisely to… — Justina Chen
Thought as suchâ€¦ is an act of negation, of resistance to that which is forced upon it; this is what thought has inherited from its… — Theodor Adorno

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