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You don’t question Providence. If you can’t have the reality, a dream is just as good.
— Ray Bradbury
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I never wanted to be feared. If I regret one thing, it is the fear I have caused. Fear is the tool of tyrants. Unfortunately,…
— Brandon Sanderson
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I spent two hours trying to question reapers without sounding like I was questioning them. What do you think it says about us as a…
— Rachel Vincent
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As you can see, I have memorized this utterly useless piece of information long enough to pass a test question. I now intend to forget…
— Bill Watterson
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And, indeed, I will ask on my own account here, an idle question: which is better - cheap happiness or exalted sufferings? Well, which is…
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Scholars do one of two things when they discover information that doesn't fit what they already know. Either they sweep it aside so it doesn't…
— Deborah Harkness
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When I was a kid, my parents smartly raised us to keep quiet, be respectful to older people, and generally not question adults all that…
— Mindy Kaling
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[The kakapo] is an extremely fat bird. A good-sized adult will weigh about six or seven pounds, and its wings are just about good for…
— Douglas Adams
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Compassion is an unstable emotion. It needs to be translated into action, or it withers. The question of what to do with the feelings that…
— Susan Sontag
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Many of us have made our world so familiar that we do not see it anymore. An interesting question to ask yourself at night is,…
— John O'Donohue
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When people say to me, 'Why are you so good at writing at women?' I say, 'Why isn't everybody?' Obviously there are differences between men…
— Joss Whedon
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Best not to look back. Best to believe there will be happily ever afters all the way around - and so there may be; who…
— Stephen King
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She asked him the question she had been asking herself for the past few days. "Why are you being so nice to me now?" J.D.…
— Julie James
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He walked out into the cold morning asking himself this heretical question: Can you start measuring a minute at any instant you wish?
— William Gaddis
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Can I ask you a question? You know with vampires and werewolves and goblins and things, is there any mythological creature that doesn't actually exist?"…
— Derek Landy
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If a guy were dating my daughter but didn't want to spend the gas money to come pick her up or refused to buy her…
— Francis Chan
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When asked about which scientist he'd like to meet, Neil deGrasse Tyson said, "Isaac Newton. No question about it. The smartest person ever to walk…
— Neil deGrasse Tyson
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When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.
— Twyla Tharp
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...You know something, don't you?" "I know lots of things--your inquiry needs to be more specific." "Just answer the question." "True/false or multiple choice?
— Neal Shusterman
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I receive a lot of letters like yours. Most go on in length, describing all sorts of maddening situations and communications in bewildered detail, but…
— Cheryl Strayed
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