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- His mother called such people ignorant and superstitious, but his father only shook his head slowly and puffed his pipe and said that sometimes old…
- They were nice enough people and all, but there wasn't much love in them. Because they were too busy being afraid. Love didn't grow very…
- Memories are contrary things; if you quit chasing them and turn your back, they often return on their own.
- Writers must be fair and remember even bad guys (most of them, anyway) see themselves as good—they are the heroes of their own lives. Giving…
- Semi-automatic s have only two purposes. One is so owners can take them to the shooting range once in a while, yell yeehaw, and get…
- He needs to be corrected, if you don't mind me saying so. He needs a good talking-to, and perhaps a bit more. My own girls,…
- The world's a hard place, Danny. It don't care. It don't hate you and me, but it don't love us, either. Terrible things happen in…
- I don't have nightmares; I give them all to you.
- The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them.
- The idea for each of the stories in this book came in a moment of belief and was written in a burst of faith, happiness,…
- People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I like to tell them I have the heart of a…
- I'm not a big fan of psychoanalysis: I think if you have mental problems what you need are good pills. But I do think that…
- Thin clouds form, and the shadows lengthen out. They have no breadth, as summer shadows have; there are no leaves on the trees or fat…
- Lightning flashed dully inside the clouds on the horizon making them look as if they had fireflies of their own, monster fireflies the size of…
- So do we pass the ghosts that haunt us later in our lives; they sit undramatically by the roadside like poor beggars, and we see…
- It would perhaps not be amiss to point out that he had always tried to be a good dog. He had tried to do all…
- Do any of us, except in our dreams, truly expect to be reunited with our hearts' deepest loves, even when they leave us only for…
- Your job isn't to find these ideas but to recognize them when they show up.
- Dolls with no little girls around to mind them were sort of creepy under any conditions.
- He was one of those quite rare adults who communicate with small children fairly well and who love them all impartially--not in a sugary way…
- A man who can't bear to share his habits is a man who needs to quit them.
- love is what moves the world, I've always thought...it is the only thing which allows men and women to stand in a world where gravity…
- Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them…
- You couldn't get hold of the things you'd done and turn them right again. Such a power might be given to the gods, but it…
- I think it's relatively easy for people to accept something like telepathy or precognition or teleplasm because their willingness to believe doesn't cost them anything.…
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- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- 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