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Life is not to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are… — Chetan Bhagat
A world of automata â€“ of creatures that worked like machines â€“ would hardly be worth creating. — C.S. Lewis
Sir Richard sighed. "Rid yourself of the notion that I cherish any villainous designs upon your person," he said. "I imagine I might well be… — Georgette Heyer
Some days felt longer than other days. Some days felt like two whole days. Unfortunately those days were never weekend days. Our Saturdays and Sundays… — Joshua Ferris
Addie, please." More tears dripped down her cheeks. "Don't be so hard." "Oh, please," I muttered...and that was as far as I got. 'You broke… — Jennifer Weiner
When I was raped I lost my virginity and almost lost my life. I also discarded certain assumptions I had held about how the world… — Alice Sebold
The Pentacle - The ancients envisioned their world in two halves - masculine and feminine. Their gods and goddesses worked to keep a balance of… — Dan Brown
I feel so selfish, because I want the best of both worlds. I want to keep the image I've worked so hard to create. — Simone Elkeles
Keep your shirt on," she said with a laugh at her bad joke. "Your clothes are at the laundry. They'll deliver them as soon as… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Yes, I've worked hard; and yes, I may have achieved a certain level of success-but I'm very clear about the fact that none of it… — David Archuleta
And I find chopsticks frankly distressing. Am I alone in thinking it odd that a people ingenious enough to invent paper, gunpowder, kites and any… — Bill Bryson
They looked as if nothing had ever touched them--all well-mothered, protected, with a soft sheen of contentment. None of them had ever been in jail,… — Charles Bukowski
I did not begin with craft, I began with strong feelings and worked toward craft. — Dorothy Allison
Scapegoating worked in practice while it still had religious powers behind it. You loaded the sins of the city on to the goatâ€™s back and… — J M Coetzee
Nobody is capable of of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it has to learned… — Northrop Frye
Jesus loved the will of His Father. He embraced the limitations, the necessities, the conditions, the very chains of His humanity as He walked and… — Elisabeth Elliot
He worked night and day. He made a coat that would transform him; he would be more than a man; a winged creature, beautiful as… — Catherine Fisher
Of course, when we got home, we found that Dagda had peed on my down comforter. He had also eaten part of Mom's maidenhair fern… — Cate Tiernan
Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, I got on my knees and told her that I was going to marry her some day. We were… — Johnny Cash
But grief still has to be worked through. It is like walking through water. Sometimes there are little waves lapping about my feet. Sometimes there… — Madeleine L'Engle

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