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Writers are such phonies: they sometimes have wise insights but they don't live by them at all. That's what writers are like...you think they know… — Anne Sexton
Someone said that patriotism is the last refuge of cowards; those without moral principles usually wrap a flag around themselves, and those bastards always talk… — Umberto Eco
And this shows that people want to be stupid and they do not want to know the truth. And it shows that something called Occam's… — Mark Haddon
In Will's experience, when someone who ought to be afraid wasn't, the reason was rarely bravery. Usually it meant that they knew something you didn't. — Cassandra Clare
Those who follow the crowd usually get lost in it. — Rick Warren
That's why people don't ever think to blame the Socs and are always ready to jump on us. We look hoody and they look decent.… — S E Hinton
I usually solve problems by letting them devour me. — Franz Kafka
Since the age of five I had been one of those people who was an indefatigable reader, more inclined to go off by myself with… — Anna Quindlen
Usually the threat of death makes people a lot more aware of their lives. — Paulo Coelho
The passage of time will usually extract the venom of most things and render them harmless — Haruki Murakami
I did not understand that she was hiding her feelings under irony, that this is usually the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
When multiple explanations exist, the simplest is usually correct. — Dan Brown
Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot if difference. They don't have to makes speeches. Just believing is… — Stephen King
It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code. Most of these jokers don't even… — Robert A. Heinlein
Tabitha was always trying unorthodox ways to set her up with guys. Although, to be fair to her sister, Tabitha didn't usually knock the guy… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Tonight I can smell the season the way it's usually only possible to at the very first moments of its return, before you're used to… — Ali Smith
I fear your faith has been mis- placedâ€”but then, faith usually is. — John Green
For some unknown reason, success usually occurs in private, while failure occurs in full view. — Jill Shalvis
Throwing down your staff may sound like a sign of surrender, but in Egyptian magic, it's bad news. It usually means, 'Hey, I'm going to… — Rick Riordan
Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even… — Rene Descartes

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