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Every great narrative is at least two narratives, if not more - the thing that is on the surface and then the things underneath which ...

Death reduces all men to the same rank. It strips the rich of his millions and the poor man of his rags ... Death knows ...

Intentions of a man reflects in his actions.

I assume Obama knows about stop and frisk, so this is not the person that should be the head of homeland security. I had to ...

The only person who worries about my mother is God, and that's only because she wants His job.

Spirituality, sexuality and curiosity are the three pillars of Modern Human Consciousness.

Death arrived on schedule on a Sunday afternoon, and, as always, it was easier than we thought it would be.

Some people connect with a story and may find between the lines something that might be useful to him or her, but that's not the ...

Satan might not be a personalized agent, but I do believe there are moral forces that transcend individuals, forces that have a real causal effect ...

Sheep only need a single flock, but people need two: one to belong to and make them feel comfortable, and another to blame all of ...

Healing is a different type of pain. It's the pain of becoming aware of the power of one's strength and weakness, of one's capacity to ...

Forget about tennis, I was scared to open my mouth. I didnt even feel worthy of saying something and not sounding stupid.

Even when you can't see, God is working it out. You should not be discouraged or give up hope. Keep the Faith! Your situation is ...

Eli and Pigpen are playing kickball with my younger siblings.

Problems are perceptual illusions.

And so, at the age of thirty, I had successively disgraced myself with three fine institutions, each of which had made me free of its ...

Battles waged in daylight are fought by soldiers. Battles waged at night are fought by savages.

I miss him as soon as he goes. When he isn't with me, I think I made him up.

And I was yet aware that this was only a moment, that the world waited outside, as hungry as a tiger, and that trouble stretched ...

If not to shape me into a better man; a better husband, a better father, a better son, a better brother, a better friend ... ...

Everyone chooses one of two roads in life - the old and the young, the rich and the poor, men and women alike. One is ...

I experience God as the power of love.

Friendship is a serious affection; the most sublime of all affections, because it is founded on principle, and cemented by time.

Reading is dreaming with open eyes

The mere fact of the death of a near acquaintance aroused, as usual, in all who heard of it the complacent feeling that, it is ...

A priestess of Avalon does not lie. But I am cast out of Avalon, and for this, and unless it is all to be for ...

Finding one's voice is a process of finding one's passion.

I'm trying out Theodore Finche, '80s kid, and seeing how he fits.I fish through my desk for a cigarette, stick it in my mouth, and ...

Setting the remains of a freshly erupted volcano, I walk.

When inside of her, he's beside himself.

First, I'm going to teach you how to Irish Whip someone.""Oh, that sounds kinky. I want my safeword to be peaches," I said, grinning.

I've seen the film. And I'll tell you this, I'm glad Chuck Yeager isn't running for President.

All of the material for 'The Fine Line' was created via improvisation with my partner, but not in front of an audience. We'd continue to ...

Paolo gripped my shoulders and kissed my cheeks. I may have blushed. He was quite handsome when he wasn't bleeding out from dismemberment.

Hi, my name is Kurt Cobain, I'm homosexual, I'm a pagan, I'm a drug abuser, and I like to fuck pot-bellied pigs!

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can; and conquered they must be, or neither wisdom nor happiness ...

Why are you constantly escorting me places?" I say. "Isn't there a depraved activity you're supposed to be taking part in? Kicking puppies or spying ...

You don't smile enough, Coop.I smile, I tell her defensively. She puts a hand on my shoulder and squares off with me.But not like you ...

High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances.

The truly noble heart sacrifices itself for others' good, to defend the weak and the good against evil. To a heart like this, a heart ...

You talk to some people who are opposed to same sex marriage, and they'll say, 'If we allow that, what's next? Will people want to ...

In literary art, as in the art of the architect, the painter, the musician, signs that the artist is thinking of his own achievement more ...

Change was incessant, and change perhaps would never cease. High battlements of thought, habits that had seemed as durable as stone, went down like shadows ...

And by the power of a word, I begin my life again.

Damn skippy." "Who is Skippy? Why are you mad at him?" "It's an expression. Like bet your ass." "People

Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.-

Developing a true and solid character and finding unique traits that belong to only you is a foundational thing

I find that every day is not about where I'll be tomorrow, but it's about what I'm doing today and staying in the moment. By ...

Every depression is a challenge to every manufacturer to put more brains into his business.

Her smiles, her mimicries, all the words she uttered were addressed to herself through him.

May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ that I may do ...

What is yoga ? In simple words, it is taking your attention to the Spirit. This is yoga. What does the kundalini do ? She ...

The White Whale swam before him as the monomaniac incarnation of all those malicious agencies which some deep men feel eating them, till they are ...

It's a clique that I've never been a part of. It's not like I identify them in a negative way.

The White Queen in many ways it is representative of the sort of drama that I'm talking about. The books by Philippa Gregory were best ...

Do you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!

She said America was a spoiled child ignorant of grief.

I suspect that Jesus spoke many of his parables as a kind of sad and holy joke and that that may be part of why ...

Razor appeared on his shoulder with a buzzing laugh. "Stupid goblins," he crowed, bouncing up and down, making Kierran sigh. "Funny, stupid goblins think master ...

Not to have a correct political point of view is like having no soul ...

Sometimes I think that love is a case of mistaken identity.

Yet I am not writing with ordinary ink, but with red blood that dripsfrom my heart. All its wounds long scarred over have opened and ...

If you insist, friend, you shall win!

Leave bands, go back to obscurity if I choose to, without a great sense of loss of security because it's all been based on the ...

Razor clams are large, oblong clams, although not as big as geoducks.

Be present - and see what a difference it makes in your lives and in the world.

Archimedes constructing his circle pays with his life for his defective biological adaptation to immediate circumstances.

Jarrid Wilson has a passion and heart for God that is contagious. His genuine faith comes through powerfully in his teaching and writing. 30 Words ...

Would you think me such a fool that you could be here, in this city, this building, this room and me not know about it?

Imagine the big rating agencies as three competitive saloons standing side by side, with each free to set its own drinking age. Before long, nine-year-olds ...

I don't like explosions. I don't mind progress. But digital photography has made every man, woman, child and chimpanzee a photographer of sorts and consequently ...

I couldn't imagine choosing shopping when sex was an option.

We should see schools as safe arenas for experimenting with life, for discovering our talents ... for taking responsibity for tasks and others people, for ...

After my mother's death, I had such difficulty relating to people.

You know you're lazy when you run out of toilet paper and use the cardboard roll to wipe with.

It would be difficult to tell," Wulf said. "I've always been a romantic. I've seen Casablanca twice, and I sat through the entire ordeal of ...

Lenin's Personal life was extraordinarily dull. He dressed and lived like a middle-aged provincial clerk, with precisely fixed hours for meals, sleep, work and leisure. ...

Metaphors are something grown-ups use when they can't set troublesome boys on fire.

If we dispense with some of our self-made boundaries, India can really take its place in the world as an economic power. It hasn't happened ...

But perhaps you could call her perilous because she's so strong in herself. You , you could dash yourself to pieces on her, like a ...

My poems are only bits of scratchingon the floor of acage.

Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that.

Your boyfriend smells bad, says Sarah as she sniffs the armpit of the giant sweatshirt.All boys smell bad I say and she nods her head ...

The devil you have! There, it is off at last! You may have perceived that I have been tugging at your ring for the last ...

I don't know what fire is made of - hell nobody does. All I know is that fire is awesome. I'm not a pyromaniac, but ...

All Deserve Success

You get a few of them together and don't be surprised if pipes and drums appear out of nowhere. It is a sort of magic ...

If I wrote a musical it wouldn't be about me. Although I do some magic, so it would probably be about a magician who appeared ...

The truth about life is complicated, indefensible and embarrassing.

You know I can never stay away from you." She reached up with both hands and pinched his cheeks, hard. "You're just so darn cute," ...

When one opens themselves to spiritual perception, the world becomes a magical place.

Some people just can't handle that they will never be a better actor than me

Slaves were taught to be fine chefs, but they endangered their lives if they made a mistake or served an ill-prepared dish. Rather than being ...

I've had so much success. I had something to say, I got to say it, people heard it, and they agreed. That's every artist's dream. ...

In cities no one notices specific dying. Dying is a quality of the air. It's everywhere and nowhere.

If I wrote a play with four characters every single one of them would talk like me regardless of age or sex.

He gave the side of her head a quick lick before she squealed and ducked away from him. Tasted like Meg. Felt like puppy fuzz. ...

Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren't ...

And of all plagues with which mankind are curst, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.

Friendship is far more delicate than love.