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We were little animals, which is not to imply that by the end of the week we were tearing our tank tops off; just that,… — Nick Hornby
Should I be offended? (Livia) Please don’t be. I pride myself on being socially inept. But the only people I ever intentionally offend are my… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
One must have at least a readiness to love the other person, broadly speaking, if one is to be able to understand him. — Rollo May
My friends joke that I’m dead until I get onstage. I’m dead right now as you’re speaking to me. — Lady Gaga
In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When… — John Grisham
I have mastered many things in my life. Navigating the streets of London, speaking French without an accent, dancing the quadrille, the Japanese art of… — Cassandra Clare
When I first moved to LA, no one could understand a thing I said, you would think I was speaking another language. Every time I… — Miley Cyrus
Am I a good person? Deep down, do I even really want to be a good person, or do I only want to seem like… — David Foster Wallace
The stillness and stasis of bed are the perfect opposite of travel: inertia is what I've come to consider the default mode, existentially and electronically… — Lynne Sharon Schwartz
I couldn‘t make sense of the mess in my head. Diego was dead, and that was the main thing, the devastating thing. Other than that,… — Stephenie Meyer
[O]ur own bodies are changing every second. Yet we take the body to be our Self; and, speaking in terms of it, we say, “I… — Swami Satchidananda
Forgive me for speaking frankly, but after the past quarter-hour's conversation, I am unconvinced that any of you possess the sense or sensitivity to impart… — Tessa Dare
I'm infatuated with you, I cannot deny it. Physically speaking, you're a very attractive man. But I don't like you, the vast majority of the… — Tessa Dare
Before speaking, consult your inner-truth barometer, and resist the temptation to tell people only what they want to hear. — Wayne Dyer
And speaking of on board, she'd moved into John's room properly. In his closet, her leathers and her muscles shirts were hanging next to his,… — J R Ward
Perhaps some people really are born unhappy. I surely hope not. Speaking for my sister and myself: We were born with the capacity and determination… — Kurt Vonnegut
I deliberately and consciously give preference to a dramatic, mythological way of thinking and speaking, because this is not only more expressive but also more… — Carl Jung
...when a phone call competes for attention with a real-world conversation, it wins. Everyone knows the distinctive high-and-dry feeling of being abandoned for a phone… — Lynne Truss
Anyway, solitary people interest me. There are so many different ways of being solitary.' 'I know just what you mean,' said X. 'I know exactly… — Tove Jansson
Individual heterosexual women came to the movement from relationships where men were cruel, unkind, violent, unfaithful. Many of these men were radical thinkers who participated… — Bell Hooks
The tales of Elfland do not stand or fall on their actuality but on their truthfulness, their speaking to the human condition, the longings we… — Jane Yolen
A man speaking sense to himself is no madder than a man speaking nonsense not to himself. — Tom Stoppard
When in doubt, just spit it out. That all challenges can be overcome by speaking the truth, no matter how itcomes out. — Dan Brown
A man may say, "From now on I'm going to speak the truth." But the truth hears him and runs away and hides before he's… — Saul Bellow
Emeth speaking of Aslan, "Beloved, said the Glorious One, unless thy desire had been for me thou wouldst not have sought so long and so… — C.S. Lewis

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