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I'm sure you could have. Fending off unwanted male attention is a skill every attractive woman must acquire. But you're also a lady who was… — Sandra Brown
Sometimes, upon waking, the residual dream can be more appealing that reality, and one is reluctant to give it up. For a while, you feel… — Craig Thompson
It is the poor man who clenches so tightly to the gold he is given - for fear of losing it. The man of wealth… — Stephen R. Lawhead
Today evolution of human intelligence has advanced us to the stage where most of us are too smart to invent new gods but are reluctant… — Ruth Hurmence Green
I knew he was unreliable, but he was fun to be with. He was a child’s ideal companion, full of surprises and happy animal energy.… — E L Doctorow
Many writers, especially male ones, have told us that it is the decease of the father which opens the prospect of one's own end, and… — Christopher Hitchens
You have been professing yourself reluctant to throw off your load of illusion because truth was uncertain. Well, it is certain now, yet the burden… — Saint Augustine
Soon we will be strangers. No, we can never be that. Hurting someone is an act of reluctant intimacy. We will be dangerous acquaintances with… — Hanif Kureishi
Society can give its young men almost any job and they'll figure how to do it. They'll suffer for it and die for it and… — Sebastian Junger
Most enjoyable activities are not natural; they demand an effort that initially one is reluctant to make. But once the interaction starts to provide feedback… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
It was not in my nature to be an assertive person. I was used to looking to others for guidance, for influence, sometimes for the… — Jhumpa Lahiri
When I thought about why I was sometimes reluctant to push myself, I realized that it was because I was afraid of failure - but… — Gretchen Rubin
Tell me about yourself, Miss Russel." I started to give him the obligatory response, first the demurral and then the reluctant flat autobiography, but some… — Laurie R. King
I believe there are only one or two people in the world with whom one can have a true connection. When you've been fortunate enough… — Nicole Richie
The one thing ... that is truly ugly is the climate of hate and intimidation, created by a noisy few, which makes the decent majority… — Edward Abbey
I see this as the central issue of our time: how to find a substitute for war in human ingenuity, imagination, courage, sacrifice, patience... War… — Howard Zinn
There's a virtue,' Felix said, 'to listening to a reluctant storyteller. You know that he is in fact diving deep for the salvageable truth. — Anne Rice
Sometimes a man and a woman reach a crossroads and linger there, reluctant to take either way, knowing the wrong choice will mean the end...… — Stephen King
Have McNab take the edge if you need one. Can he handle bad cop?" "He does it really well during personal role-playing games when I'm… — Nora Roberts
This is a private home." "And?" "And I can't enter without an invitation." She jerked her head up. "You're kidding me?" "No." "You don't live… — Alexandra Ivy
So you’re reluctant, I said to myself. Many, many people are reluctant. It’s like having feet. It’s nothing to brag about. — Daniel Handler
One of the greatest barriers to connection is the cultural importance we place on "going it alone." Somehow we've come to equate success with not… — BrenÃ© Brown
Came to . . . see you.” “But I had to go home, remember? You were supposed to say good-bye.” “Don't know why you .… — Isaac Marion
So many, though reluctant to admit it. Shun clever men, and rather suffer fools. — Unknown Author
I am not a reluctant peer but a persistent commoner — Tony Benn

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