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By one bait or another, Nature allures inhabitants into all her recesses.
The smallest seed of faith is better than the largest fruit of happiness.
The miracle is that a work of art should live in the person who reads it.
Finding relief in your problem is fine, but it will not cure the problem.
Those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone.
What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us.
By weaker accents, what's your praise When Philomel her voice doth raise?
A well-balanced person is one who finds both sides of an issue laughable.
There is nothing that makes a man more self-satisfied than a poor memory.
People who oppose Obama are said to be racists - so I guess I'm a racist.
Because they're stupid, that's why. That's why everybody does everything.
A system of thought that accepts no inconsistencies is a frightful thing.
Whoever believes he knows why everything is as it is has hold of nothing.
We walk among worlds unrealized until we have learned the secret of love.
Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.
Predict the inevitable", she said, "and you're bound to be right one day.
The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.
My English teacher said that a writer is the worst judge of his own work.
Fun is the most important. If you do stuff for money, it never works out.
I like almonds as a snack - keeps your energy up but doesn't fill you up.
Nothing is more complicated than sex. Nor anything so beautifully simple.
Marriage and its entourage of possession and jealousy enslave the spirit.
I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.
Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
You don't have to be able to lay eggs to know when one of them is rotten.
The more you see what other people do, the more you learn about yourself.
Men's giving can only be to a certain extent: but God's is without limit.
The world doesn't pay you for what you know, it pays you for what you do.
I believe people should live full lives and not settle for anything less.
To change bad habits, we must study the habits of successful role models.
Love is the sum of all the arts, as it is the reason for their existence.
People who are coaches will be the norm. Other people won't get promoted.
Death had ruled my life till I met Lady Dance. Her dance had set me free.
Fear and lies fester in darkness. The truth may wound, but it cuts clean.
Credit . . . is the only enduring testimonial to man's confidence in man.
Youth endures all things, kings and poetry and love. Everything but time.
Authors in general don’t have a lot of money, and lawsuits are expensive.
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and halfway closed there after.
It is our uniqueness that gives freshness and vitality to a relationship.
Vengeful conquerors burn books as if the enemy's souls reside there, too.
Don't undo a brave and noble deed. Don't rob yourself of your own virtue.
The finite play for life is serious; the infinite play of life is joyous.
WARNING If you dare to read this story, you become part of the Experiment
90 percent of the people in the world make their decisions based on fear.
There's something to be said for an author who clearly respects a reader.
No matter how much money I made from writing, I'd keep the bookstore job.
without my wounds, who was I? My scars were my face, my past was my life.
My mother had been a solitary chef. It was her recreation and her escape.
Just remember, you never know what's possible until you risk finding out.
I think you have to have a publishing house that offers you some support.