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They walked along, two continents of experience and feeling unable to communicate. — William Golding
How strange to have the power to literally transform yourself into other people, and yet be so unable to put yourself in their place. — Cassandra Clare
He pulls me into his arms, his touch calm and soothing, but unable to erase the truth. "I have to go," he finally whispers. "But… — Alyson Noel
There are some with whom we may study in common, but we shall find them unable to go along with us to principles. Perhaps we… — Confucius
I'm stuck struggling in the cold water, and all I can do is grieve, grieve, in the hoar necessitous horror of the morning, bitterly I… — Jack Kerouac
There are none among us who have not been, even for a moment, cruel to those whom we love most, as if unable, in that… — Rick Bass
If on Judgement Day I were summoned by St. Peter to give testimony to the used-to-be sheriff's act of kindness, I would be unable to… — Maya Angelou
The trainee knew he should leave, but he was unable to look away. He'd never seen anything snap out so fast or strike so hard… — J R Ward
You don't believe that your friend could ever do anything great. You despise yourself in secret, even â€“ no, especially â€“ when you stand on… — Wilhelm Reich
Be helpless, dumbfounded, Unable to say yes or no. Then a stretcher will come from grace to gather us up. We are too dull-eyed to… — Unknown Author
What you dream, you can grow. Someone told me that, but I didn't believe it. I said I had nothing and that people with nothing… — Alice Hoffman
I suppose it is because nearly all children go to school nowadays and have things arranged for them that they seem so forlornly unable to… — Agatha Christie
Restrooms at gas stations were an unpleasant and shocking surprise; I had never considered the serious drawbacks of such lazily-cleaned rooms. I was completely unable… — Rachel Caine
I shook my head and turned away, unable to hear this. â€œIâ€™m leaving now. I really donâ€™t want to see you again. Nothing personal. Well,… — Richelle Mead
It is, I think, that we are all so alone in what lies deepest in our souls, so unable to find the words, and perhaps… — Sheldon Vanauken
Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your Creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you… — Og Mandino
It is true that neither the ancient wisdoms nor the modern sciences are complete in themselves. They do not stand alone. They call for one… — Thomas Merton
There are some people that we know all our lives and yet never really feel we know them at all. But there are other peopleâ€”â€… — Gaelen Foley
Sanity, as the project of keeping ourselves recognizably human, therefore has to limit the range of human experience. To keep faith with recognition we have… — Adam Phillips
The possible redemption from the predicament of irreversibilityâ”€â”€of being unable to undo what one has doneâ”€â”€is the faculty of forgiving. The remedy for unpredictability, for… — Hannah Arendt

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