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Some reputed saints that have been canonized ought to have been cannonaded.
Ghosts were just a way that some stupid people dealt with their dull lives.
And it is not a slight thing when they, who are so fresh from God, love us.
True love believes everything, and bears everything, and trusts everything.
The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men.
If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and perish.
I was a blacksmith's boy but yesterday; I am - what shall I say I am today?
Is it better to have had a good thing and lost it, or never to have had it?
The universe, he observed, makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid.
If the law supposes that,' said Mr Bumble...' the law is an ass - an idiot.
Never run after a man or a bus, there's always another one in five minutes.
I think you travel to search and you come back home to find yourself there.
The view from the window, particularly if you enjoy neon, is extraordinary.
When Jackson used that particular tone of voice, men died, pure and simple.
Curiously, once technology gets boring, the social effects get interesting.
The most important part of every business is to know what ought to be done.
Humor is not the opposite of seriousness. Humor is the opposite of despair.
Life goes on after sorrow, in spite of sorrow, as a defense against sorrow.
I don't always understand my characters. I write to understand them better.
Flattery is from the teeth out. Sincere appreciation is from the heart out.
So if you aspire to be a good conversationali st, be an attentive listener.
I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men.
There is no faith like the faith of a builder of homes in coastal Louisiana
I went to public school all my life and all through college and I liked it.
Everything is idiocy if you choose to look at it in the proper perspective.
I didnt want to write a book that suggested that magic good/technology bad.
I don’t know why we do it. But sometimes we just swim straight for the net.
Hurt is a weapon. Better weapon than most because it doesn't look like one.
Stop rationalizing, stop stewing. Get up out of your chair and start doing.
When you are able to applaud yourself, it is much easier to applaud others.
It is quite a risk to spank a wizard for getting hysterical about his hair.
There is no secret formula--only a life committed to a close walk with God.
Of course I think of the past and of Paris, what else is there to remember?
She became confused when she stepped onto an escalator that wasn't working.
I think silence is the condition you accept as the judgment on your crimes.
Theres some kind of dark symbiosis between lunatics and the Postal Service.
Who was it said that coincidence was just God’s way of remaining anonymous?
I think it's hard to write about children and to have an idea of innocence.
Man's mind is not a container to be filled but rather a fire to be kindled.
Writing is the only way I know to demand justice from an uncaring universe.
What's the best thing you can do for your writing? Construct a boring life.
Still, it doesn't do to murder people, no matter how offensive they may be.
Cyberspace is - or can be - a good, friendly and egalitarian place to meet.
If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn't show up.
Conversation means being able to disagree and still continue the discussion
I have one share in corporate Earth, and I am nervous about the management.
Life's accumulation is more discouraging than life itself, when stirred up.
It is a miracle that New York works at all. The whole thing is implausible.
All important progress made by the human race has its roots in daydreaming.
What we must decide is how we are valuable rather than how valuable we are.