Second Quotes

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Anyone who has the temerity to write about Jane Austen is aware of [two] facts: first, that of all great writers she is the most… — Virginia Woolf
I know you look both ways before you cross the street, but I want you to look both ways a second time, because I told… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Those who deal in magic learn to see the world in a slightly differnt light than everybody else.you gain a perspective you had considered before.… — Jim Butcher
To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time. — Elie Wiesel
But even in the schoolyard I'd been aware of that silence, that reserve in him, as though he'd been raised by foxes and language was… — Patricia A. McKillip
But truth be told, I'm not as dour-looking as I would like. I'm stuck with this round, sweetie-pie face, tiny heart-shaped lips, the daintiest dimples,… — Sarah Vowell
The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armor to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly… — Douglas Adams
Non...I am DANCING IN MY NUDDY-PANTS!!!' And we both laughed like loons on loon tablets. I danced for ages round the house in my nuddy-pants.… — Louise Rennison
You either choose this method of passing the evening because you are in each other's confidence, and have secret affairs to discuss, or because you… — Jane Austen
Learning does not make one learned: there are those who have knowledge and those who have understanding. The first requires memory and the second philosophy — Alexandre Dumas
The inferno of the living is not something that will be; if there is one, it is what is already here, the inferno where we… — Italo Calvino
Like a saint's vision of beatitude. Like the veil of things as they seem drawn back by an unseen hand. For a second you seeâ€”and… — Eugene O'Neill
...the people who move through the streets are all strangers. At each encounter, they imagine a thousand things about one another; meetings which could take… — Italo Calvino
Live for each second without hesitation — Elton John
It is, of course, quite true that God will not love you any less, or have less use for you, if you happen to have… — C.S. Lewis
[I had a]...Second bowl of oatmeal. It was a little bit gloppy. — Megan Whalen Turner
Every second of the search is an encounter with God. When I have been truly searching for my treasure, every day has been luminous...I've discovered… — Paulo Coelho
I expect you have seen someone put a a lighted match to a bit of newspaper which is propped up in a grate against an… — C.S. Lewis
No interviews without appointments except between nine and ten PM on the second Saturdays. — C.S. Lewis
While it is true that many people simply can't afford to pay more for food, either in money or time or both, many more of… — Michael Pollan

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