Acquisition Quote by James M. Barrie

“He had meant them to be good, but his cares had been directed to the understanding and manners, not the disposition; and of the…

— Jane Austen

“but his cares had been directed to the understanding and manners, not the disposition; and of the necessity of self-denial and humility, he feared…

— Jane Austen

He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.

— Homer

He learned to live with the truth. Not to accept it, but to live with it.

— Nicole Krauss

They were satisfied with their lives which had none of the vibrance his own was taking on. And he was angry at himself, that…

— Lois Lowry

“There are no objective facts,” he had said. “Every report on facts is only somebody’s opinion. It is, therefore, useless to write about facts.”

— Ayn Rand

“The more the words of others impressed him with their factual content, the more he felt he must wait for his own facts before…

— Louis Zukofsky

“never accepted things at face value, nor did what he was told to do. He had to believe something was right, and that it…

— Danielle Steel

“His elucidation was so minute and clear, and his metaphysical reasonings so acute and captivating, that his opinion was universally accepted as an historical…

— Kaiten Nukariya

His was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency.

— Robert A. Heinlein

“he never allowed himself to think about unpleasant things, which answered very well, and could be supported in times of really inescapable stress by…

— Georgette Heyer

And it was the kind of thing that loses the most important nuances when reduced to words. He had never told anyone about it,…

— Haruki Murakami