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You can gussy them up with all the pretty rationales you want, but most major life decisions are whims.
One of the strange habits of the human heart is to feel proud about what we've received by grace.
How close, Frost?""Real close, boss. I swear on my life."Joker slowly looked up, eyes glistening with black hope. The fire in his madness was still ...
The German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer said, "Writers should use common words to say uncommon things." When
Looking back, I understand that I was teaching myself to write.
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Human sacrifice is much in vogue right now. The Republican right thinks that people who get on its nerves, especially women, should be sent to ...
Perhaps for totemic reasons, people like to possess a piece of the country they are visiting. Women like to wear it. Men like to eat ...
Being a good, innovative librarian means taking a humanistic stance toward policy, decision-making, and experimentation. It means focusing on the heart.
Rebellion is obsolete - change things from the inside working out.
We use other people's brains to navigate the world: to acquire skills and practices, and to access knowledge systems of long-dead strangers. We call this ...
Love yourself before loving people..none will hurt you
Forgiveness is the fastest way to a spiritual path and inner peace of mind
You have a spine of steel and fire in your eyes, Rosalie. To have such a quality, one must be shaken to the foundation of ...
Good gymnasts are strong.
I have thought deeply about all that goes on here under the sun, where people have the power to hurt each other. - Ecclesiastes 8:9
The Church is that one wherein the true word of God is preached, which Christ left to His Apostles, which the same Church hath always ...
A pervasive sense of shame is the ongoing premise that one is fundamentally bad, inadequate, defective, unworthy, or not fully valid as a human being.
When you hear the voice of Rosa Ponselle, you hear a fountain of melody blessed by the Lord.
And miss the final journey? Never! I wish to take notes on dying, my friend. To my knowledge I have never done it before.
If life's not beautiful without the pain,well I'd just rather never ever even see beauty again.
It doesn't upset me to think about dying. What upsets me is the idea of John being alone after his spell passes. The idea of ...
Our girls have need of such an example of graciousness, elegance, refinement, and spirituality.
Unfortunately, I hadn't seen it either as Then the practical and survival oriented side
It is the link from the present to the past that gives us a spirit to address the future.
What I tell you three times is true. What I tell you three million times is civilization.
If you got the job in the first place mainly because you look nice, I can't see why you should keep it when you don't.
Art does not solve problems but makes us aware of their existence. It opens our eyes to see and our brain to imagine.
I always mistrust everything I see, which an image shows me, because I imagine what is beyond it. And what is beyond an image cannot ...
The little governor in most mature adults' brains that told them the difference between polite commentary and insult was completely missing from Fletcher.
Mia: Why did you leave?Sam: What do you mean, 'why did I leave'?Mia: Well, if I was lost in the forest with someone who looked ...
Faith does not minimize our suffering. Faith does not say, "It's no big deal." Faith does not pretend that a situation is not painful or ...
You know the worst thing about oral sex? The view.
Plus je vois le homes, plus j'admire les chiens (The more I see of men, the more I admire dogs).
If I had to explain what Zane was for me he would be the edge pieces of the puzzle. He is what holds me together, ...
In his love for the world, the greedy is like the silkworm: the more it wraps in its cocoon, the less it has of escaping ...
No one in this world can change your habits, but only you can ... so, MOst powerfull person of this world is you..! ... keep ...
You to stay, you said no, so now you go. Capiche?" "You're such a nerd." He stood and crossed to the door. Before he left, ...
Fidarsi e bene, non fidarsi e meglio. [To trust is good, not to trust is better.]
Finally- no more ruddy show for the folks back home. No pretending it's all beer and skittles and no one ever gets hurt.- Phoenix and ...
It takes risk and courage to redefine what is possible.
Nearly every night there were screenings in the private projection rooms in the Kremlin or the various dachas. Khrushchev says that Stalin was particularly keen ...
Let's just enjoy today and not worry about tomorrow. One day at a time.
We must forget in order to remain present, forget in order not to die, forget in order to remain faithful.
When red wine has you nailed to the sofa and Glee is on TV,that would be a good time for a jet engine to crash ...
If it's your song, I don't need lyrics to know what you're saying.
Seen clearly, life without hope is hell, but Hell without fear is a fairground attraction.
I'd observed that repeat offenders were the easiest to deal with, treating their lawyers with something akin to professional courtesy. All they wanted was a ...
I do tasks for the gods, usually things like tracking down rare items or taking someone safely to a destination.D'Molay the Freeman Tracker
Reality for me is what I create!