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It's not facts that hurt people, it's their attitude towards facts.
The new century will see changes that will dwarf those of the last.
So utterly at variance is Destiny with all the little plans of men.
He was inordinately proud of England and he abused her incessantly.
Thinking can only serve to measure out the helplessness of thought.
Death is not soft-mouthed, vague-footed, nearby. It is in the hall.
The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.
Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.
Like flowers scattered in a storm, a man's life is a long farewell.
I don't think of myself as an artist. I'm just a guy who can write.
Some things in life are too complicated to explain in any language.
I have no plans for the money but it'll be awfully nice to have it.
The people themselves must think, because the people alone can act.
In museums and palaces we are alternate radicals and conservatives.
My hunger and curiosity drive me forward in all directions at once.
Literature is so common a luxury that the age has grown fastidious.
You don't have to protect these people, Cassel." I am these people.
perhaps there's no sharper spur to meditation than answered prayer.
Only someone who is well prepared has the opportunity to improvise.
We make each other alive; it doesn’t make a difference if it hurts.
For me, the human face is the most important subject of the cinema.
He who loves lives, he who lives works, and he who works has bread.
Those who do not read criticism will rarely merit to be criticised.
Peace requires everyone to be in the circle - wholeness, inclusion.
I love my dog unconditionally, but never the man I'm sleeping with.
God, how I still love private readers. It’s what we all used to be.
Peace of mind is much better than giving them a piece of your mind.
I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.
I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory.
You have to understand the good in things, to detect the real evil.
Fear nothing! Have peace until the morning! Heed no nightly noises!
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
Their 'magic' is Art, delivered from many of its human limitations.
Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.
A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.
Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master.
I look for poetry in English because it's the only language I read.
I rewrite a lot until I get the rhythm and story right on the page.
Our ancestors have travelled the iron age; the golden is before us.
Harmony is one phase of the law whose spiritual expression is love.
In general, markets know more than the people who write about them.
Caring is beyond race. Either people care about you, or they don't.
Just a wee cot-the crickets chirr-love and the smiling face of her.
The significant, life-forming times are the dull, in-between times.
Sometimes you have to gag on fancy before you can appreciate plain.
Someone might as well roll up the whole sky, pack it away for good.
The only thing I like about air travel is it gives me time to read.
If olive oil comes from olives, then where does baby oil come from?
My eyes rolled so far back in my head that I could see myself think