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In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness.
A man's a man. But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.
But, bless us, things may be lovable that are not altogether handsome, I hope?
Genius at first is little more than a great capacity for receiving discipline.
There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.
A generation of the unteachable is hanging upon us like a necklace of corpses.
Within any important issue, there are always aspects no one wishes to discuss.
Records told the same tale, then the lie passed into history and became truth.
Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious.
Knowledge is a Weapon, Jon. Arm yourself well before you ride forth to Battle.
I suppose I'm a lapsed Catholic. You would consider me an atheist or agnostic.
I have touched more men that I can count. Some with my lips, more with my axe.
To forgive a fault in another is more sublime than to be faultless one's self.
The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world.
But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying that we crave.
...the larger world lay not across oceans but within the human mind and heart.
Southern Gothic is alive and well. It's not just a genre, it is a way of life.
No one controls your destiny. Even at the very worst - there is always choice.
Waking up was a daily cruelty, an affront, and she avoided it by not sleeping.
Light will blind us in time, but what we learn in the dark can see us through.
There may be no city in the clouds, but dreaming of it can enliven the spirit.
If Jesus had been a hunchback, they could hardly have nailed him to the cross.
He who lets the sea lull him into a sense of security is in very grave danger.
A horsefly can't do a horse much real damage, but it can drive it wild anyhow.
He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast.
In a multitude of acquaintances is less security, than in one faithful friend.
Think of it. To go down to posterity as a 'man who lived among the cannibals.'
Top-heavy was the ship as a dinnerless student with all Aristotle in his head.
I am madness maddened! That wild madness that's only calm to comprehend itself
Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual.
The man who enters his wife's dressing room is either a philosopher or a fool.
A deist is an atheist with an eye cocked for the off-chance of some advantage.
For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed.
Who is to decide which is the grimmer sight: withered hearts, or empty skulls?
Too great a display of delicacy can and does sometimes infringe upon de-cency.
Our souls possess the unknown power of extending as well as contracting space.
The luxury of being half-asleep, exploring the fringes of psychosis in safety.
From 'Trainspotting' to 'Acid House,' I moved from urban realism into fantasy.
Every soldier in the course of time exists only in the breath of written word.
The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.
Of all the advantages which come to any young man ... poverty is the greatest.
Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them.
The moment you are old enough to take the wheel, responsibility lies with you.
Taunting Death ... means pitting oneself against a wily enemy who cannot lose.
She can't keep writing about what a tragic little hero I am, it'll get boring.
I am prouder of my years as a single mother than of any other part of my life.
Hermione was screaming again: the sound went through Harry like physical pain.
Merlin’s beard, what is Xenophilius Lovegood wearing? He looks like an omelet.
Fame is a fickle friend, Harry. Celebrity is as celebrity does. Remember that.
You saved Dad's life. If anyone's got the right to eavesdrop on him, it's you.