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Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.
When engaged in eating, the brain should be the servant of the stomach.
Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored.
Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.
Not death itself, but only the moral preparation for it, holds terrors.
You can't dispute the ridiculous. You can't argue reasonably with evil.
Every time someone forgets, someone else disappears,' my brother wrote.
...but now the worst crime was pretending to be something you were not.
Know something, sugar? Stories only happen to people who can tell them.
It is not hard to live through a day, if you can live through a moment.
The terrible thing about death is that it transforms life into destiny.
Do understand: Chinese people are brilliant; the West cannot fool them.
Among the monsters, I am well hidden; who looks for a leaf in a forest?
...it's closeness that does you in. Never get too close to people, son.
Don’t wait for the perfect moment. Take the moment and make it perfect!
There's nothing I find quite as annoying as the phrase 'I told you so.'
I grew up aware of all the people I depended on and who depended on me.
a meaningless phrase repeated again and again begins to resemble truth.
...She's not buying [the lie], but there's nothing else on the shelves.
A token of love comes in a box because love itself cannot be contained.
Donkeys are the most misunderstood and abused animals around the world.
I needed something--the distraction of another life--to alleviate fear.
The Smiths are singing and someone says "Turn that gay angst music off.
The only thing that's authentic about what a writer writes is his work.
Bereavement is a universal and integral part of our experience of love.
You have not chosen one another, but I have chosen you for one another.
Until you have given up yourself to Him, you will not have a real self.
The humans live in time but our Enemy (God) destines them for eternity.
The Christian idea of 'putting on Christ' is the whole of Christianity.
You can't just go on being a good egg. You must either hatch or go bad!
People shouldn't call for demons unless they really mean what they say.
You can't see anything properly while your eyes are blurred with tears.
You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me.
We must show our Christian colors if we are to be true to Jesus Christ.
Man may have discovered fire, but women discovered how to play with it.
A book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry inside us.
If you can understand human behavior, it can’t hurt you nearly as much.
Her heart ached as though a knife had quietly slipped between her ribs.
Don’t sanctuaries become prisons, and vice versa, foremost in the mind?
Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.
Intelligence and proper education will give you independence of spirit.
I think I must admit so fair a guest when it asks entrance to my heart.
flattery would be worse than vain; there is no consolation in flattery.
If he were insane, however, his was a very cool and collected insanity.
To you I am neither man nor woman. I come before you as an author only.
A man who pays respect to the great paves the way for his own greatness
An old woman is always uneasy when dry bones are mentioned in a proverb
When there is a big tree small ones climb on its back to reach the sun.
This is why I find racism impossible, because this is against humanity.
Travellers with closed minds can tell us little except about themselves