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To Cam surprise, she was smiling up at him steadily, her eyes midnight. His expression turned quizzical. "What's so amusing?" Amelia toyed with a button… — Lisa Kleypas
American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100 degrees centigrade in plastic thermos cups, usually obligatory in railroad stations for… — Umberto Eco
when we badly want a thing, we go to hunting for good and righteous reasons for it; we give it that fine name to comfort… — Mark Twain
The source of wisdom and power, of love and beauty, is within ourselves, but not within our egos. It is within our consciousness. Indeed, its… — Paul Brunton
I think one of the most important differences between us is that you are excellent at living in a way that is commensurate with your… — John Green
Whereas she wished more of the population were better educated, she also believed that education was largely wasted on the majority of the people she… — John Irving
Men always want to be remembered whereas women realize that requires being dead. — Ann Aguirre
When people are happy they have a reserve upon which to draw, whereas she was like a wheel without a tyre — Virginia Woolf
With the beginning of life, comes the thirst for truth, whereas the ability to lie is gradually acquired in the process of trying to stay… — Gao Xingjian
One of us had loved the other more perfectly, had watched the other more closely, and one of us listened and the other hadn’t, and… — Nicole Krauss
a samurai is a total human being, whereas a man who is completely absorbed in his technical skill has degenerated into a ‘function’, one cog… — Yukio Mishima
The diseased, anyway, are more interesting than the healthy. The words of the diseased, even those who can manage only a murmur, carry more weight… — Roberto Bolano
Well, thanks. It was nice of you to give me anything." The tension between them seemed to press down on her like humid air. "Better… — Cassandra Clare
Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dream is the personalized myth, myth the depersonalized dream; both myth and dream are symbolic in the same general way of the dynamic of the… — Joseph Campbell
Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal. — Oscar Wilde
She makes life over, he realized. She controls life, whereas I just sit on my can and let it happen to me. — Philip K. Dick
The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profit.” (Analects 4.16) — Confucius
It is a disaster that wisdom forbids you to be satisfied with yourself and always sends you away dissatisfied and fearful, whereas stubbornness and foolhardiness… — Michel de Montaigne
When examining evidence relevant to a given belief, people are inclined to see what they expect to see, and conclude what they expect to conclude.… — Thomas Gilovich
...maybe I've just read too many novels. In novels, alcoholics are always attractive and fuuny and charming and complex, like Sebastian Flyte or ABe North… — David Nicholls
A philosopher is a lover of wisdom, not of knowledge, which for all its great uses ultimately suffers from the crippling effect of ephemerality. All… — Shashi Tharoor
Englishmen rarely cry, except under the pressure of the acutest grief; whereas in some parts of the Continent the men shed tears much more readily… — Charles Darwin
I stand by my opinions when I know I'm right, Captain Phelan. Whereas you stand by yours merely because you're stubborn. — Lisa Kleypas
Sorry, Bex," Jason said "You don't have the recognizable facial characteristics - such as a huge chin, or a large amount of real estate between… — Meg Cabot

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