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He knew now that it was his own will to happiness which must make the next move. But if he was to do so, he… — Albert Camus
So it may well be believed that when I found him taking a complete holiday, with a vast supply of books at command, he had… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
One of the most frustrating words in the human language, as far as I could tell, was love. So much meaning attached to this one… — Alexandra Adornetto
She never called her son by any name but John; 'love' and 'dear', and such like terms, were reserved for Fanny. — Elizabeth Gaskell
was it possible that i was, in the modern term, in denial? — Ian Mcewan
Churchill: "Madam, would you sleep with me for five million pounds?" Socialite: "My goodness, Mr. Churchill... Well, I suppose... we would have to discuss terms,… — Winston Churchill
It is obvious that many women have appropriated feminism to serve their own ends, especially those white women who have been at the forefront of… — Bell Hooks
I have studiously tried to avoid ever using the word 'madness' to describe my condition. Now and again, the word slips out, but I hate… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Our freedom of choice in a competitive society rests on the fact that, if one person refuses to satisfy our wishes, we can turn to… — Friedrich August von Hayek
Praying's not going to help. Too late for that, Jane...I gave you a chance to have it on your terms. Now we'll do this on… — J R Ward
The desire to be seen as superior and singular- and, conversely, but similarly, inferior and individual, is a big topic...They have a term for the… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
In philosophy class I think we finally decided that 'good' is an infinitely recursive term - it can't be defined except in terms of itself.… — Orson Scott Card
â€¦â€œwhite supremacyâ€ is a much more useful term for understanding the complicity of people of color in upholding and maintaining racial hierarchies that do not… — Bell Hooks
Sorry,â€ she said, â€œI got out as fast as I could, but I had to stay and socialize. Protocol, you know.â€ â€œExplain protocol,â€ Nell said.… — Neal Stephenson
I can't talk you in terms of time --your time and my time are different — Graham Greene
Psychoanalysis was from the start, still is, and perhaps always will be a well-constituted church and a form of treatment based on a set of… — Gilles Deleuze
The really important facts were that spatial relationships had ceased to matter very much and that my mind was perceiving the world in terms of… — Aldous Huxley
The Silly Putty-like malleability of the institution [marriage], in fact, is the only reason we still have the thing at all. Very few people... would… — Elizabeth Gilbert
But the cinephile is â€¦ a neurotic! (Thatâ€™s not a pejorative term.) The Bronte sisters were neurotic, and itâ€™s because they were neurotic that they… — Francois Truffaut
I'd tried enough to know that anything long term wasn't going to work. — Cecelia Ahern

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