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True love begins when nothing is looked for in return. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
So much in writing depends on the superficiality of one's days. One may be preoccupied with shopping and income tax returns and chance conversations, but… — Graham Greene
Even when all the paperwork-a marriage license, a notarized deed, two birth certificates, and seven years of tax returns-clearly indicates you're an adult, but all… — Kelly Corrigan
About dreams. It is usually taken for granted that you dream of something that has made a particularly strong impression on you during the day,… — Boris Pasternak
I was secretly convinced that with such a marvel one would be able to write anything, from novels to encyclopedias, and letters whose supernatural power… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Sometimes I'm happy when he's gone, but I'm always happy when he returns. -Clare — Audrey Niffenegger
The King beneath the mountains, The King of carven stone, The lord of silver fountains Shall come into his own! His crown shall be upholden,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Remember that every government service, every offer of government - financed security, is paid for in the loss of personal freedom... In the days to… — Ronald Reagan
Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will… — Og Mandino
Murtagh was right about women. Sassenach, I risked my life for ye, committing theft, arson, assault, and murder into the bargain. In return for which… — Diana Gabaldon
Off we skip like the most heartless things in the world, which is what children are, but so attractive; and we have an entirely selfish… — James M. Barrie
Get stuffed, don't you have more publicity stunts to pull?" Bones shot back. "How about chatting with another writer who can smear your name into… — Jeaniene Frost
Time wastes too fast : every letter I trace tells me with what rapidity Life follows my pen ; the days and hours of it,… — Laurence Sterne
It was not a triumphal return. Home, as I had known it, was gone. — Alison Bechdel
A bruise, blue in the muscle, you impinge upon me. As bone hugs the ache home, so I'm vexed to love you, your body the… — Li-Young Lee
You get what you give, but also what you're willing to take. The night before, I'd offered up my hand. Now, if I held on,… — Sarah Dessen
Eiffel saw his Tower in the form of a serious object, rational, useful; men return it to him in the form of a great baroque… — Roland Barthes
I wish I could leave you certain of the images in my mind, because they are so beautiful that I hate to think they will… — Marilynne Robinson
Manâ€™s strength resides in his capacity and desire to elevate himself, so as to attain the good. To travel step by step toward the heights.… — Elie Wiesel
Love, like reputation, once fled, never returns more. — Aphra Behn

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