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Adults constantly raise the bar on smart children, precisely because they're able to handle it. The children get overwhelmed by the tasks in front of… — Haruki Murakami
I said nothing of the sort. — Mark Twain
There are a dozen different ways of delivering destruction in impersonal wholesale, via ships and missiles of one sort or another, catastrophes so widespread, so… — Robert A. Heinlein
And suddenly I realize that although I've never thought about being in love with Nick before, all the right ingredients are there. I fancy him.… — Jane Green
The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does. — Confucius
I think the real reason so many youngsters are clamoring for freedom of some vague sort, is because of unrest and dissatisfaction with present conditions;… — Robert E. Howard
Dependability, integrity, the characteristic of never knowingly doing anything wrong, that you would never cheat anyone, that you would give everybody a fair deal. Character… — Omar N. Bradley
His rage passes description - the sort of rage that is only seen when rich folk that have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire. — Tennessee Williams
We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him. — Jane Austen
That mercy towards one set of creatures was cruelty towards another sickened his sense of harmony. As you got older, and felt yourself to be… — Thomas Hardy
I thought everyone would be familiar with this figure: if I'd studied a thing in school I assumed it was general knowledge. I hadn't yet… — Margaret Atwood
He was a thorough good sort; a bit limited; a bit thick in the head; yes; but a thorough good sort. Whatever he took up… — Virginia Woolf
It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening. — Sue Monk Kidd
Mom told us we would have to go shoplifting. Isn't that a sin?" I asked Mom. Not exactly," Mom said. "God doesn't mind you bending… — Jeannette Walls
The women all had big minds because they were big animals, but they didn't use them for this reason: unusual ideas could make enemies and… — Kurt Vonnegut
I do believe in an everyday sort of magic -- the inexplicable connectedness we sometimes experience with places, people, works of art and the like;… — Charles de Lint
The thing about growing up with Fred and George," said Ginny thoughtfully, "is that you sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
There's a friendly tie of some sort between music and eating. — Thomas Hardy
Working with him was sort of like trying to defuse a bomb with somebody standing behind you and every now and then clashing a pair… — Stephen King

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