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Seen politically, systems follow one another, each consuming the previous one. They live on ever-bequeathed and ever-disappointed hope, which never entirely fades. Its spark is… — Ernst Junger
I wore a groove in the kitchen floor with endless trips to the fridge, hoping against hope that I had somehow missed a plateful of… — Jeremy Clarkson
You never get mad,â€ she said when their server left the table. â€œExcept at me.â€ â€œThatâ€™s not true,â€ he said tightly. â€œTorie can get me… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Leto turned a hard stare at Kynes. And Kynes, returning the stare, found himself troubled by a fact he had observed here: This Duke was… — Frank Herbert
Even chance meetings are the result of karmaâ€¦ Things in life are fated by our previous lives. That even in the smallest events thereâ€™s no… — Haruki Murakami
But will they be together again? If they're reborn as new people with no memory of their previous lives, how can they find each other?"… — P. C. Cast
The next generation will always surpass the previous one. It's one of the never-ending cycles in life. — Masashi Kishimoto
As we know from the study of history, no new system can impose itself upon a previous one without incorporating many of the elements to… — Margaret Atwood
On a ruinous wall I came upon a poster dating from the previous year and announcing that â€˜six handsome bullsâ€™ would be killed in the… — George Orwell
My weirdness aside, if I am to find any friends, particularly a girlfriend, she will almost certainly have to be a human. My previous track… — Jon Richardson
...yet, even before he left the room, - and certainly, not five minutes after, the clear conviction dawned upon her, shined bright upon her, that… — Elizabeth Gaskell
A person's life consists of a collection of events, the last of which could also change the meaning of the whole, not because it counts… — Italo Calvino
I thought, possibly, that what I really needed was to go where nobody knew me and start over again, with none of my previous decisions,… — Maggie Stiefvater
Not for a minute did I believe that this wasnâ€™t goodbye. Still, I had loved and been loved in return, and there was nothing greater… — Jeaniene Frost
Having got into bed and turned out the light, I quietly burst into tears because I am not a good person. As they came and… — Edward Gorey
Your ideal authors ought to pull you from the foundering of your previous existence, not smilingly guide you into a friendly and peaceable harbor. — Christopher Hitchens
I swear that woman had a previous career as a death-hunter selling tragic ballads down around the Seven Dials," said Will. "And I do wish… — Cassandra Clare
I love you, I know this must come as something of a surprise, since all Iâ€™ve ever done is scorn you and degrade you and… — William Goldman
A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to… — Agnes Repplier
How have you been? Youâ€™re still as beautiful as ever.â€ â€œAs are you, my dear. I love your shoes.â€ â€œArenâ€™t they delightful? I saw them… — Derek Landy

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