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Some dangers are so spectacular and so much beyond normal experience that the mind refuses to accept them as real, and watches the approach of… — Arthur C. Clarke
â€¦Those whoâ€™ve marred their appearance in any way by their actions in life arenâ€™t forced to witness that marring. If they were, theyâ€™d become self-conscious… — Richard Matheson
For the first time, I notice the lax skin at Mrs. Nightwing's jaw, the fine down that lies upon her cheek like the imprint of… — Libba Bray
And presently I was driving through the drizzle of the dying day, with the windshield wipers in full action but unable to cope with my… — Vladimir Nabokov
Perhaps the reason we are unable to love is that we yearn to be loved, that is, we demand something (love) from our partner instead… — Milan Kundera
Tereza had gone back to sleep; he could not. He pictured her death. She was dead and having terrible nightmares; but because she was dead,… — Milan Kundera
What concerns me is that man, unable to articulate, to express himself adequately, reverts to action. Since the vocabulary of action is limited, as it… — Joseph Brodsky
Each one of us is alone in the world. He is shut in a tower of brass, and can communicate with his fellows only by… — W. Somerset Maugham
There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth. It is the works of writers of genius. They give us,… — Simone Weil
They trespassed upon my thoughts. They were intruders whose knowledge of life was to me an irritating pretense, because I felt so sure they could… — Joseph Conrad
One of the principal functions of a friend is to suffer (in a milder and symbolic form) the punishments that we should like, but are… — Aldous Huxley
We think a flower on a cliff is beautiful Because we stop our feet at the cliff's edge Unable to step out into the sky… — Tite Kubo
It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
What a sweet and succulent morsel: so soft, so salty, so deliciously delectable, it makes me want to wiggle with delight. You should cook for… — Christopher Paolini
Out of love for mankind, and out of despair at my embarrassing situation, seeing that I had accomplished nothing and was unable to make anything… — Soren Kierkegaard
Men who find themselves late are never sure. They are all the things the civics books tell us the good citizen should be: partisans but… — Stephen King
This should be agony. I should be a mass of aching muscle - broken, spent, unable to move. And, were I an older man, I… — Frank Miller
Experience shows that Being is the essential, basic nature of the mind; but, since It commonly remains in tune with the senses projecting outwards toward… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
All profound distraction opens certain doors. You have to allow yourself to be distracted when you are unable to concentrate. — Julio Cortazar
We laugh at a man who, stepping out of his room at the very minute when the sun is rising, says, â€œIt is my will… — Friedrich Nietzsche

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