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The world had ended, so why had the battle not ceased, the castle fallen silent in horror, and every combatant laid down their arms? Harry's… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Philosophy, though unable to tell us with certainty what is the true answer to the doubts which it raises, is able to suggest many possiblities… — Bertrand Russell
When I beheld you, suddenly - for perhaps a second - I had the strength to reject everything that wasn't you and to laugh at… — Jean Genet
Because we were a poor area, the school had a small budget and was unable to teach the second half of the alphabet. — George Carlin
Unable to suppress love, the Church wanted at least to disinfect it, and it created marriage. — Charles Baudelaire
A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction. — William Faulkner
I was twenty-one at the time, about to turn twenty-two. No prospect of graduating soon, and yet no reason to quit school. Caught in the… — Haruki Murakami
Life is neither static nor unchanging. With no individuality, there can be no change, no adaptation and, in an inherently changing world, any species unable… — Jean M. Auel
But it is imperative, for our own survival, that we avoiid one another, and what more successful means of avoidance are there than words? Language… — Janet Frame
Fear is a part of life. It's a warning mechanism. That's all. It tells you when there's danger around. Its job is to help you… — Jim Butcher
Men are in fact, quite unable to control their own inventions; they at best develop adaptability to the new conditions those inventions create. — John Galsworthy
No one can survive childhood without being wounded. Everyone remembers at least one time when their parents rejected them, pushed them away, even though they… — Banana Yoshimoto
Sometimes, upon waking, the residual dream can be more appealing that reality, and one is reluctant to give it up. For a while, you feel… — Craig Thompson
The well-being of a neuron depends on its ability to communicate with other neurons. Studies have shown that electrical and chemical stimulation from both a… — Lisa Genova
He valued life and literature equally for the light they threw upon each other; to his mind one implied the other; he was unable to… — Henry James
Our human tragedy is that we are unable to comprehend our experience, it slips through our fingers, we can't hold on to it, and the… — Salman Rushdie
Sometimes, making the wrong choice is better than making no choice. You have the courage to go forward, that is rare. A person who stands… — Terry Goodkind
In fact, he's never taken an interest in a woman before. I was beginning to to suspect he might prefer one of his male sneaks,… — Maria V. Snyder
Then you're aping him. Valentine was one of the most arrogant and disrespectful men I've ever met. I suppose he brought you up to be… — Cassandra Clare
I defy you to try it, Princess. Go ahead. I donâ€™t even know how to sweep a floor. All I know how to do is… — Sherrilyn Kenyon

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