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Them Quotes by Sebastian Faulks
- All my life I had lived on the presumption that there was no existence beyond... flesh, the moment of being alive... then nothing. I had…
- As he rounded the corner, he saw two dozen men, naked to the waist, digging a hole thirty yards square at the side of the…
- I suppose I was lucky enough to be educated at a time when teachers still thought children could handle knowledge. They trusted us. Then there…
- The men loved jokes, though they had heard each one before. Jack's manner was persuasive; few of them had seen the old stories so well…
- From an early age she had developed the art of being alone and generally preferred her own company to anyone else’s. She read books at…
- He saw a picture in his mind of a terrible piling up of the dead. It came from his contemplation of the church, but it…
- Some crime against nature is about to be committed. I feel it in my veins. These men and boys are grocers and clerks, gardeners and…
- I want to write about serious things, but I want to write about them in a way that makes them accessible to a large number…
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- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster