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True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. — Charles Caleb Colton
I still make sure to go, at least once every year, to a country where things cannot be taken for granted, and where there is… — Christopher Hitchens
I have not been that wise. Health I have taken for granted. Love I have demanded, perhaps too much and too often. As for money,… — Hedy Lamarr
A time is marked not so much by ideas that are argued about as by ideas that are taken for granted. The character of an… — Lawrence Lessig
There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship. — Iris Murdoch
Being born and raised as a Californian, I somewhat ignorantly had taken for granted the diversity and liberal mindset that shaped my childhood and adult… — Carre Otis
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst. — William Penn
Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken… — David Rockefeller
In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted. — Bertrand Russell
Love of music, of sunsets and sea; a liking for the same kind of people; political opinions that are not radically divergent; a similar stance… — Madeleine L'Engle
Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve… — Sylvia Plath
Punctuationally speaking, wonder is a period at the end of a statement we've long taken for granted, suddenly looking up and seeing the sinuous curve… — David James Duncan
I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk… — Jon Katz
Something that is yours forever is never precious — Chaim Potok
Let's face it: I'm scared, scared and frozen. First, I guess I'm afraid for myself... the old primitive urge for survival. It's getting so I… — Sylvia Plath
About dreams. It is usually taken for granted that you dream of something that has made a particularly strong impression on you during the day,… — Boris Pasternak
Without a yardstick sometimes the high points can be taken for granted. — Jasper Fforde
That did it. I'd gone through a lot in the past few days. Everyone I met seemed to want a piece of me: djinn, magicians,… — Jonathan Stroud
Nothing could be taken for granted. Women who loved you tried to cut your throat, while women who didn't even know your name scrubbed your… — Toni Morrison
This is the charged, the dangerous moment, when everything must be re-examined, must be made new, when nothing at all can be taken for granted. — James A. Baldwin
Friendship is a simple thing, and yet complicated; friendship is on the surface, something natural, something taken for granted, and yet underneath one could find… — Jamaica Kincaid
I thought about the earth then, really thought about it, the tsunami's and earthquakes and volcanoes, all the horrors I haven't witnessed but have changed… — Susan Beth Pfeffer
Was I insane? Maybe. But then, there were many different kinds of insanity. Aunt Rose had always taken for granted that the whole world was… — Anne Fortier
I've always assumed he'd be around to be, you know, yelled at and taken for granted. And of course I was wrong. Nobody's going to… — MaryJanice Davidson
It may be taken for granted that, rash as the Americans are, when they are prudent there is good reason for it. — Jules Verne

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