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The nobility of the human spirit grows harder for me to believe in. War, zealotry, greed, malls, narcissism. I see a backhanded nobility in excessive,… — Mary Roach
The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
I think everyone must love life more than anything else in the world.' 'Love life more than the meaning of it?' 'Yes, certainly. Love it… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Apocalypse does not point to a fiery Armageddon but to the fact that our ignorance and our complacency are coming to an endâ€¦ The exclusivism… — Joseph Campbell
Who is he when he isn't Dauntless, isn't an instructor, isn't Four, isn't anything in particular? Whoever he is, I like him. It's easier to… — Veronica Roth
Unless saved by exceptional talent, he necessarily pays a price for clarity. — Pierre Bourdieu
What well-bred woman would refuse her heart to a man who had just saved her life? Not one; and gratitude is a short cut which… — Theophile Gautier
You saved Dad's life. If anyone's got the right to eavesdrop on him, it's you. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
I said, "I don't think I can give you that kind of emotion." And he [Hitchcock] sat there and said, "Ingrid, fake it!" Well, that… — Ingrid Bergman
And it's like some tiny nothing that sets off a natural disaster halfway across the world, only this was the opposite of disaster, how by… — Nicole Krauss
This is going to make such a great story: How I nursed a pirate back to health and my love saved him," Miss Ohio said… — Libba Bray
In spite of death, he felt the need of life and love. He felt that love saved him from despair, and that this love, under… — Leo Tolstoy
When Luke had descended into the River Styx, he would've had to focus on something important that would hold him to his mortal life. Otherwise… — Rick Riordan
There is no such things as God's word on earth. Or if there is it is not to be found in books. -Then where is… — James Frey
I will not deny that my heart has long occupied itself with the most tender feelings for another. So strong were these impulses that I… — Galen Beckett
And I like a good horror story as much as the next person so long as they kill off some men too and not just… — Meg Cabot
...it is by our actions that we are destroyed or saved. The choice is ours. — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry' is a aphorism which has saved many an English spinster from being… — Nancy Mitford
Is Tyson okay?" I asked. The question seemed to take my dad by surprise. He's fine. Doing much better than I expected. Though "peanut butter"… — Rick Riordan
That is the way we decided to talk, free and easy, two young men discussing a boxing match. That was the only way to talk.… — David Benioff

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