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I'm very brave generally,' he went on in a low voice: 'only today I happen to have a headache.' (Tweedledum)
But I was thinking of a way To feed oneself on batter, And so go on from day to day Getting a little fatter.
The public, more often than not, will forgive mistakes, but it will not forgive trying to wiggle out of one.
Tonight, she went into the woods, and I fear she shall live in the woods of my soul for the rest of my days.
They swoon over Tom, who preens for them, bowing, which sets them to blushing and giggling. God help us all.
I hate high heels. Walking in high heels for eight hours a day should be forbidden by the Geneva Convention.
Because 'You're perfect just the way you are,' is what your guidance counselor says. And she's an alcoholic.
An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story.
Things between us were dissolving like an ice cub in a glass: the smaller it got, the faster it disappeared.
Love is a fever," she said. "And when you come out of it you'll discover whether you've been lucky - or not.
This was my modest dream come true: unambitious flight. The kind that never even got high enough for a view.
If I retain any freshness of approach, it's by going slowly having long intervals between finished projects.
I rarely step on sidewalk cracks. I don't wear a watch. I touch my favorite tree before going on long trips.
Whatever affection we have for our friends or relations, the happiness of others never suffices for our own.
The thing the Buddhists and the Sufis have in common is a belief that religious certainties are destructive.
The reason to stand up for punctuation is that without it there is no reliable way of communicating meaning.
It is hard and perhaps impossible for many people to recognize the difference between innocence and naiveté.
I wish that we worried more about asking the right questions instead of being so hung up on finding answers.
Unlearning is the choice, conscious or unconscious, of any real artist. And it is the true sign of maturity.
Counter Girl (in candy shop): You two are cute. Seriously. How long have you been going out? Sam: Six years.
It was the stop that happened when you made up your mind to confess, but your mouth betrayed you in the end.
What about us? Can i see you again? You can say no. You'd crush all my hopes and dreams, but it's an option.
Remember to think of your departed mother always as living, just away in another room of our Father's house.
He who seeks forgiveness of his sins loves humility, but if he condemns another he seals his own wickedness.
I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales.
Every organization has issues and concerns which are known about by many people who choose to remain silent.
Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God.
In meeting again after a separation, acquaintances ask after our outward life, friends after our inner life.
Even a stopped clock is right twice every day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.
I have been always fascinated and seduced by history, which I think is very close, very close to literature.
I'm not afraid of total failure. In the end, we're all just food for worms, so what are we so worried about?
But when you flee someone, no matter how far you roam, that person will follow you as doggedly as the stars.
The hedges are spruting like chicks from the eggs when they are newly hatched or as the vulgar says clacked.
I've always felt that the placement of a man's testicles is an eloquent argument against intelligent design.
Don't listen to the politicians, always look at the artists, they're the first to tell us where we're going.
If gun control bore any relation to homicide rates, Washington, DC would be the safest place in the country.
In Europe, nothing is certain except death and welfare, and why let the former get in the way of the latter?
I think it's imperative of me to advance that theory that you can win your small victories against the dark.
A DEFINITION NOT FOUND IN THE DICTIONARY Not leaving: an act of trust and love, often deciphered by children
But then, is there cowardice in the acknowledgment of fear? Is there cowardice in being glad that you lived?
Our cares are all To-day, our joys are all To-day; And in one little word, our life, what is it but--To-day?
More cases of loss of religious faith are to be traced to the theory of evolution. . .than to anything else.
What a blight that woman is. Do you happen to know why? I lean toward a malignant fairy at her christening.
We cannot leave the expression of our lives to those better qualified than we are, however dear they may be.
Grumbling, as things are at present arranged in this world, does not always, nor I might say often, do good.
One must always say things that aim to interest, because in the world one must after all pay for one's keep.
We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts.
It is a great moment in every freak's life when he or she finds out that at least they are not the only one.
A lot of the drive to make narratives came from having to play by myself as a 5- or 6-year-old in the woods.
Understanding the diversity of our gifts enables us to begin taking the crucial step of trusting each other.