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All connections are infused with dreams of what is possible in the future. Thus, when we lose something or someone important to us, we aren't ...

You can't blame me," Ascanio said. "Anybody in my place would be concerned. You don't even have a proper horse. You're riding a mutant equine ...

Is it always like that?" I ask, breathless. "No," he says. "It's never like that." I hear the wonder in his voice. And just like ...

When I feel angry, I want to say something mean, or yell, or hit. But feeling like I want to is not the same as ...

Our species may yet end its strange eventful history as just the last, the cleverest of the great apes. The great ape that was clever ...

I choose to believe God had a more direct involvement in the creation of my heart and consciousness than in the creation of any book, ...

Whoever heard of such a mixture of languages in one army, since there were French, Flemings, Frisians, Gauls, Sayonards, Lotharingians, Allemani, Bavarians, Normans, English, Scots, ...

( ... ) it seemed to me exceedingly peculiar that a man should love flowers as well as opium - and yet I see now ...

I have an action figure, and so do my parents, so it's odd that we all have these dolls of ourselves. It's a little bit ...

A 60-story tower in New York evokes a 70-story tower in Chicago [and] a 60-story tower in New York evokes a 70-story tower directly across ...

She seemed older, no longer shocked that such a thing could happen in the world, but heartbroken because it had. her tears struck Janner as ...

We hope relevant countries will work together in the same direction to build the South China Sea into a sea of peace, friendship and co-operation.

Right ... so when Apophis breaks out, he'll try to destroy Ma'at, the order of the universe. He'll swallow the sun, plunge the earth into ...

Normalization takes place not because there is Western-ideology that normalizes third-world texts in any special way (other than the usual play with exoticism) but because ...

The capacity to blunder slightly is the real marvel of DNA. Without this special attribute, we would still be anaerobic bacteria and there would be ...

You understand reality while everyone else is running around confused and angry and upset because they think reality is something happening to them rather than ...

Get off of my shoulders. The foundation has been laid, now its time for you to build on it and get to work.

Storms of every sort, torrents, earthquakes, cataclysms, 'convulsions of nature,' etc., however mysterious and lawless at first sight they may seem, are only harmonious notes ...

You keep doing that, and you'll find yourself mated quick enough.""It's no' for me. I'm perfectly content just as I am."Ryder made a face. "Are ...

In my view, a united Ireland is inevitable, and it is certainly more likely than a voluntary coalition which doesn't include Sinn Fein.

Tattletales, and those who listen to their slander, by my good will, should all be hanged. The former by their tongues, the latter by their ...

The European Borders Agency in Warsaw has been created to help border forces in Europe cooperate more.

You will work harder at something you love than at something you like. You will work harder than you have ever worked when you start ...

Laws forbidding adoptees from accessing their original birth certificates are outdated and need to be changed today.

I certainly think the antagonism came out of a mistaken notion amongst the Indian people that the Chinese aggressed on us, and they thought, Indian ...

1 One of Coios' daughters, Asteria, took the form of a quail 5 and threw herself into the sea to escape the embraces of Zeus;

Her expression was that of a woman with multiple children who was no longer surprised by anything they did, up to and including arriving home ...

Twitter is a much more dangerous cauldron of groupthink than happy hours or dinners. On Twitter the reward comes from agreeing or loudly disagreeing with ...

"The duke stopped beside Maddy's chair. He turned to Mr. Pember and in the sort of tone that could command regiments, uttered. "Cat."

The radical tension between good and evil, as man sees it and feels it, does not have the last word about the meaning of life ...

The AAC is the best amateur event in the region and the most important tournament to me every year.

One minute of sincere gratitude can wash away a lifetime's disappointments.

Mary Daheim writes with wit, wisdom, and a big heart. I love her books.

How long shall we blunder along without the aid of unpartisan and authoritative scientific assistance in the administration of justice, no one knows; but all ...

Those of us who have come to years of discretion and more, must often take to retrospect, and seek to appraise the outcome of our ...

Don't think that any one technique is the end. there is no end. There is no perfect technique. Just when you think you've got them, ...

At least as a single woman, I had time to pursue my own interests, read voraciously, and travel when opportunity presented.

Europeans are dying out. Don't you understand that? And same-sex marriages don't produce children. Do you want to survive by drawing migrants? But society cannot ...

Patents stand for you when everything else is lost.

ALMUSTAFA, the chosen and the beloved, who was a dawn unto his own day, had waited twelve years in the city of Orphalese for his ...

I would be the master of my own fate. Me and the goddess Morrigan. No one else- and certainly no man. Mael and Aeddan could ...

If we are going to amend the constitution, shouldn't it be to keep the omos-hay from arrying-may?

Disabled people need more invested in their education, housing, job training, transportation, assistive technology, and independent-living facilities. Governments earn back this investment - and more ...

What do you mean, Araluen? Death?"Halt made a careless gesture. "The usual, I suppose: the sudden cessation of life. The end of it all. Departure ...

We have two selves: a real-world self and a phone self, and the nonsense our phone selves do can make our real-world selves look like ...

I wanted something that would address the strengths and weaknesses of humanity. I wanted a story that could move readers. My Honor Flight is that ...

If you have enough spiritual strength, you will give birth to a spiritual child, and through your life and practice, you continue giving birth, even ...

Religious leaders will always avail themselves of public ignorance for their own purpose.

The whole process of mental adjustment and atunement can be summed up in one word: Gratitude

Iman is to believe, even when an overpowering tide of evil surrounds you.

HOLLY TREE (Ilex aquifolium) is a symbol of good will and is associated with sun gods. In Rome the holly was sacred to Saturn and ...

The coolly logical part of her brain noted almost sardonically that Edilio had a superpower after all: being Edilio.

There's beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes and witness it. Some days, that's ...

I'm in love with you, you stupid arse, and I'm not losing you. Got it?" she whispered against his lips before kissing him again. Her ...

It's life, that's all. There are no happy endings, just happy days, happy moments. The only real ending is death, and trust me, no one ...

When we rise in the morning ... at the table we drink coffee which is provided to us by a South American, or tea by ...

As both developed and developing nations search for alternative sources of energy in response to the growing energy crisis, we at Acumen Fund believe that ...

I was playing in bands and doing gigs from the age of 14 on. I stopped at the age of 28. Technology replaced me. As ...

Strain on the community -- That's a ridiculous arguement. Then nobody in the world should have children. I think asking people not to have children ...

Tell the other rangers, the ambassadors, everyone is this army of light. Babylon 5 stands with you. Tell them, tell them that from this place ...

When I work as a model, it feels like holiday. Doing a shoot is so light in a way that it's really a good break ...

I sleep seven hours. If I go to bed at two, I wake up at nine. If I go to bed at midnight, I wake ...

Does life really stink or are you sniffing in the wrong places?

Yes, I suppose so, answered Anna, as though wondering at the boldness of his question; but the irrepressible, quivering brilliance of her eyes and her ...

You just Sanisa in the death overs. He is simply the best in the world.

As we struggle with shopping lists and invitations, compounded by December's bad weather, it is good to be reminded that there are people in our ...

Ahhhh ... I see. I think. Perhaps I don't. It may be easier to grasp if you presented it in a musical format. A lyrical ...

Evangeline, go onto the roof and raise hell for Aedion and Rowan." "Take

Of course there is a way to stop the rampant spread of beauty. It has to do with regimentation, conformity, assemblyline aesthetics, and the triumph ...

Disturbers are never popular - nobody ever really loved an alarm clock in action, no matter how grateful he may have been afterwards for its ...

His sister liked to think of herself as Lord Tywin with teats, but she was wrong. Their father had been as relentless and implacable as ...

Our perception could either be our path to nirvana or an invisible cage that bottles us up.

I would never shop from the Internet or a catalogue; otherwise, how am I going to educate my eye? I just love going out and ...

What would Ripley do? When in a jam, Carrow often thought of how Ellen Ripley, the legendary badasstress of the Alien quadrilogy, would figure her ...

After a moment I pushed my chair back and went over to the french windows. I opened the screens and stepped out on to the ...

The bravery shown by Azza Suleiman who dared to stand up for another woman who was being beaten, and paid a heavy price in doing ...

Mitch thought she looked like an angel might - if the angel had fallen very hard into a very naughty position.

There are always going to be jerks in the world, Auggie," she said, looking at me. "But I really believe, and Daddy really believes, that ...

Jubilation knows and Longing grants only Lament still learns; with girlish handsshe counts the ancient evil through the nights.But suddenly, unpracticed and askant, she lifts ...

They tried sodium amytal on him three years ago trying to find out where he buried a Princeton student," Graham said. "He gave them a ...

When we seek to escape from inner conflict and pain, we are running away from unresolved childhood trauma or original pain. Most people with serious ...

I like the old school heavy metal bands like AC/DC and Aeromith. I like that type of music. As the director, I tried to influence ...

Yes, he had made a good choice after all when he had chosen the God of the green pasture and the still waters! He was ...

He's six-foot two, brave as a lion, strong as an ox and quick as lightning. If he was good looking, you'd say he has everything.

Doctors most commonly get mixed up between absence of evidence and evidence of abense

My work is like digging, it's archaeological research among the arid materials of our times. That's how I understand my first films, and that's what ...

In Europe, anti-Americanism is much more a hobgoblin of the political, cultural, and religious elites.

Hard to believe that so nearby, just across the Channel, such atrocities could still occur in their supposedly civilized world, that one could wake up ...

I was not so sure but too tired and too relieved to go further that night. To reach one another again had been far enough.

Being a liberal progressive has been demonized as anti-white or overly on the side of blacks. There's nothing that can be done about that; it's ...

Perhaps, more importantly, I think that most human beings realise only a fraction of the true potential of their minds, so the spiritual or mystical, ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. didn't carry just a piece of cloth to symbolize his belief in racial equality; he carried the American flag.

Israel, and you who call yourself Israel, the Church that calls itself Israel, and the revolt that calls itself Israel, and every nation chosen to ...

Tell me a story. / In this century, and moment, of mania, tell me a story. / Make it a story of great distances, and ...

The golden age, when rambunctious spirits were regarded as the source of evil.

I think all experience is, in some way, shape or form, filtered down to help you, in your present moment. With Shakespeare, you're trying to ...

I'm not one to despise other people for their sins. I haven't found one yet, that I didn't say to myself, I've done worse than ...

'Swing' is an adjective or a verb, not a noun. All jazz musicians should swing. There is no such thing as a 'swing band' in ...

I try to stay low-carb and high on lean protein. I'm lucky in that I love chicken and rice; it's one of my favorite meals. ...

Hay una estrella mas abiertaque la palabra 'amapola'?Is there a star more wide openthan the word 'poppy?