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A man should always have these two rules in readiness. First, to do only what the reason of your ruling and legislating faculties suggest for… — Marcus Aurelius
God warns us not to love any earthly thing above Himself, and yet He sets in a mother's heart such a fierce passion for her… — Geraldine Brooks
Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like passivity, and sets… — John Dewey
There's nothing to be gained from passive observance, the simple documenting of conditions, because, at its core, it sets a bad example. Every time something… — Dave Eggers
... you don't have to wait for someone to treat you bad repeatedly. All it takes is once, and if they get away with it… — Jane Green
All things are at odds when God sets a thinker loose on the planet — Edith Hamilton
But there is something about Time. The sun rises and sets. The stars swing slowly across the sky and fade. Clouds fill with rain and… — Madeleine L'Engle
All the black leather she needs is the E-Z boy recliner where her love is parked with one of his hands wrapped around a remote,… — Daphne Gottlieb
There were two sets of double doors leading out of the antechamber, one marked STACKS and the other TOMES. Not knowing the difference between the… — Patrick Rothfuss
Aside from the obvious, Francesca, what do you want in return for supplying information?â€ Bones asked, getting back to the subject. â€œYou to take me,â€… — Jeaniene Frost
She had lolled about for three years at Girton with the kind of books she could equally have read at home--Jane Austen, Dickens, Conrad, all… — Ian Mcewan
She's like snow in Russian," said Anna. "Snow in the evening when the sun sets and it looks like Alpengluhen, you know? And if snow… — Eva Ibbotson
It is the story that owns and directs us. It is the thing that makes us different from cattle; it is the mark on the… — Chinua Achebe
Belane, are you nuts?" Who knows? Insanity is comparative. Who sets the norm? — Charles Bukowski
Sustaining faith is what sets you through those dark nights of the soul when you donâ€™t know where to go or what to do, and… — Joel Osteen
I go dreaming into the future, where I see nothing, nothing. I have no plans, no idea, no project, and, what is worse, no ambition.… — Gustave Flaubert
Some things are only real because they represent what we think. When we learn the truth and think it, the old reality is no longer… — C. Terry Warner
...more than other senses, the eye objectifies and masters. it sets at a distance, maintains the distance. in our culture, the predominance of the look… — Luce Irigaray
The poem has a social effect of some kind whether or not the poet wills it to have. It has a kenetic force, it sets… — Denise Levertov
Yes, my tiara sets off the whole thing nicely," said Auntie Muriel in a rather carrying whisper. "But I must say, Ginevra's dress is far… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling

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