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2193 Unique quotes by 1625 unique authors

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and… — Fernando Pessoa
The revolution taught me not to be consoled by other people's miseries, not to feel thankful because so many others had suffered more. Pain and… — Azar Nafisi
Over and above the various prejudices I acknowledge, the affinities I feel, the attractions I succumb to, the events which occur to me and to… — Andre Breton
Calvin: Today for show and tell, I've brought a tiny miracle of nature: a single snowflake! I think we might all learn a lesson from… — Bill Watterson
There comes a precious moment in all of our lives when we are tapped on the shoulder and offered the opportunity to do something very… — Winston Churchill
Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are in which the ending is a surprise. — Nicholas Sparks
I am not unique in my elegiac sadness at watching reading die, in the era that celebrates Stephen King and J.K. Rowling rather than Charles… — Harold Bloom
I've a pocket full of dreams to sell," said Teddy, whimsically,... "What d'ye lack? What d'ye lack? A dream of success--a dream of adventure--a dream… — Lucy Maud Montgomery
I give you an ability to respond and your response is to be free to love and serve in every situation, and therefore each moment… — William P. Young
If you and I are friends, there is an expectancy that exists within our relationship. When we see each other or are apart, there is… — William P. Young
We do not "come into" this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean "waves," the universe "peoples." Every… — Alan Watts
No pill can help me deal with the problem of not wanting to take pills; likewise, no amount of psychotherapy alone can prevent my manias… — Kay Redfield Jamison
Out of its squalor and human decay, its eruptions of butchery, India produced so many people of grace and beauty, ruled by elaborate courtesy. Producing… — V.S. Naipaul
Manic-depression distorts moods and thoughts, incites dreadful behaviors, destroys the basis of rational thought, and too often erodes the desire and will to live. It… — Kay Redfield Jamison
I get glimpses of the horror of normalcy. Each of these innocents on the street is engulfed by a terror of their own ordinariness. They… — Katherine Dunn
Sisters, as you know, also have a unique relationship. This is the person who has known you your entire life, who should love you and… — Lisa See
How can one explain the attraction terror holds for some minds — and why for intellectuals? . . .In a totalitarian and terrorist regime, man… — Elie Wiesel
Men flocked to see it and ascended it as it was a novelty and of unique dimensions. It was the toy of the exhibition. So… — Mahatma Gandhi
At last I understood that the way over, or through this dilemma, the unease at writing about 'petty personal problems' was to recognize that nothing… — Doris Lessing
The two biggest self-deceptions of all are that life has a 'meaning'and each of us is unique. — David Byrne
A good motivation is what is needed: compassion without dogmatism, without complicated philosophy; just understanding that others are human brothers and sisters and respecting their… — Dalai Lama
I loved this woman the way you love ... well, nothing," he said, a note of suprise in his voice. "You can’t compare that kind… — Dennis Lehane
Thanks to the long days of rain, the blades of grass glowed with a deep-green luster, and they gave off the smell of wildness unique… — Haruki Murakami
Every man's foremost task is the actualization of his unique, unprecedented and never-recurring potentialities, and not the repetition of something that another, and be it… — Martin Buber
So, even in the midst of craziness and exhaustion and life-changing chaos, I was filled with peace and the sweet knowledge that I was walking… — P. C. Cast

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