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You never get bored ... when you have the probabilities of your next meal to speculate on, pro and con.
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
No member of a society has a right to teach any doctrine contrary to what the society holds to be true.
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a mob.
Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.
There is nothing against which an old man should be so much upon his guard as putting himself to nurse.
A lot of what we think of as history is actually just a version of events which may or may not be true.
I am keen on a spiritual life and have struggled to find a place for my heart in a religious community.
My mom was a frustrated woman, like so many unhappy women who didn't get the opportunities they wanted.
Even if we don't know if God exists, we can be certain love exists, because its power transcends death.
It's as if once you hit high school, you're programmed, like a robot, to be an asshole to your parents.
Doesn't it seem sometimes that the whole world's uphill but at least we know the way back will be easy.
There were so many levels to the unknown, from safe to dangerous to outright nebulous, scariest of all.
It is a bad business, dealing in lottery tickets ... Riches got in such a hasty manner never wear well.
You can tell a lot about a person not just by their successes, but by how they deal with their setbacks
Why do children dread mathematics? Because of the wrong approach. Because it is looked at as a subject.
I wish that every baby everywhere could land in a family that wanted that baby as much as we want ours.
I prayed to trees. This was easier than praying directly to God. There was nearly always a tree nearby.
Innocence is impossible when people have never had the choice of becoming corrupt by dominating others.
Adron! Don’t you hurt him. (Kiara) I’m not going to hurt him, Mom. I’m going to kill him. (Young Adron)
Oh, baby, this ain’t asshole. Trust me. There’s a whole keg of asshole I haven’t even begun to tap yet.
You don't believe in love, do you?" - "I think it exists. I just don't think it will ever exist for me.
But as the Roman playwright Terence once wrote, From many a bad beginning great friendships have formed
Do that again and, bracelet or no bracelet, I’ll tear your head off and use it for a doorstop. (Xypher)
Zarek! I won’t leave you here to die. (Astrid) It’s okay, princess. I don’t mind dying for you. (Zarek)
I take it that didn’t go well. (Cassandra) About like walking into a bear cave covered in honey. (Wulf)
Tell me again how great you are, asshole. Nothing like a steel enema to ruin even your best day. (Fang)
Be an independent thinker at all times, and ignore anyone who attempts to define you in a limiting way.
If something is really outrageous, it doesn't matter if it is one culture, or another, it's outrageous.
Note, the reply will not be "I write," an act that I have, after all, been performing since I was nine.
The problem of the female body is not something that I've studied, but my memoir does treat that theme.
I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.
She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than admit that love might not be eternal.
You know what they say: 'Why sit at a table that doesn't have key lime pie on it if you don't have to?'
For me, nothing brings out my 'born yesterday' idiotic qualities quite like having my photograph taken.
Ritual and myth are like seed crystals of new patterns that can eventually reshape culture around them.
I despise this weakness in myself - this endless one-sided conversation that takes the place of action.
If you live in a system that is suppressive, you don't walk upright, you always go with your head down.
Sorrows cannot all be explained away in a life truly lived, grief and loss accumulate like possessions.
Don't be afraid," I said, "We belong together." I was immediatly overcome by the truth of my own words.
Bella." Edward's voice was right beside me, relieved now. "Can you hear me?" "No," I groaned. "Go away.
That's not very attractive behavior, Bella." he said. " Forgiveness is divine. "Mind your own buisness.
With 'Twilight,' I felt the actors needed to be up-and-coming artists that haven't been recognized yet.
I'm really glad Edward didn't kill you. Everything's so much more fun with you around." — Emmett Cullen
I knew it would begin with the end, and the end would look like death to these eyes. I had been warned.
It is a strange world," I murmered, more to myself than to the native soul. "The strangest," he agreed.
When a generation talks just to itself, it becomes more filled with folly than it might have otherwise.
Your needs will be met once you can find a way of projecting energy and fulfilling someone else's need.
Stories have to be told or they die, and when they die, we can't remember who we are or why we're here.