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• Meditate?” I took my head out from under the pillow, shook dark hair back from my face, and rolled over on my side to look at him. “Excuse me, but the closest I ever got to having a spiritual awakening was dating a yoga instructor. Once.

  Rachel Caine

  Spiritual, Yoga, Dark

  Rachel Caine (2011). “Heat Stroke”, p.14, Allison & Busby

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• At Last It's a perfect winter day. No wind. No Arctic freeze. Cloudless azure sky. A day to fly. Snow drapes the mountain like ermine, fabulous feather- light powder coaxing me to flee the confines of my room, brave the mostly plowed road up to the closest ski resort. To run from the cloying silence connected Mom and Dad, into encompassing stillness far away from city dirt and noise Far above suburban gridlock. Far beyond the grasp of home.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Mom, Running, Dad

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• The greatest analgesic, soporific, stimulant, tranquilizer, narcotic, and to some extent even antibiotic - in short, the closest thing to a genuine panacea - known to medical science is work.

  Thomas Szasz

  Work, Medical Science, Antibiotics

  Thomas Stephen Szasz (1973). “The second sin”, Anchor

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• Before we met, I'd fly for hours to clear my head," Bones said, his voice reaching me even over the rush of wind. "It was the closest I came to finding peace, but though several of my mates could fly, I always went alone. I never wanted to share this with anyone until you.

  Jeaniene Frost

  Wind, Voice, Bones

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• It is in the dark that God is passing by. The bridge and our lives shake not because God has abandoned, but the exact opposite: God is passing by. God is in the tremors. Dark is the holiest ground, the glory passing by. In the blackest, God is closest, at work, forging His perfect and right will. Though it is black and we can't see and our world seems to be free-falling and we feel utterly alone, Christ is most present to us.

  Ann Voskamp

  Fall, Dark, Our World

  Ann Voskamp (2011). “One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are”, p.156, Zondervan

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• I will admit he is unusual, but that is perhaps the closest I could come to complimenting him.

  Patrick deWitt

  Compliment, Unusual

  Patrick deWitt (2011). “The Sisters Brothers”, p.8, Granta Books

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• It’s ironic that as scientists that don’t believe in god, were the ones that are closest to god.

  Hiromu Arakawa

  Believe, Ironic, Scientist

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• So he decided to stay out of it and instead turned back to Lady Bridgerton, who was, as it happened, the closest person to him, anyway. “And how are you this afternoon?” he asked. Lady Bridgerton gave him a very small smile as she handed him his cup of tea. “Smart man,” she murmured. “It’s self-preservation, really,” he said noncommittally. “Don’t say that. They wouldn’t hurt you.” “No, but I’m sure to be injured in the cross fire.

  Julia Quinn

  Hurt, Smart, Men

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• I am Opposite of weak Opposite of slack Synonym of heat Synonym of crack Closest to the peak Far from a punk Y'all ought to stop talking And start trying to catch up

  Mike Shinoda

  Talking, Opposites, Trying

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• Sometimes the people closest to you betray you, and your home isn't a place you can be happy anymore.

  P. C. Cast

  Home, People, Sometimes

  P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast (2010). “Hunted: A House of Night Novel”, p.256, Macmillan

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• The more the media peddled fear, the more the people lost the ability to believe in one another. For every new ill that befell them, the media created an explanation, and the explanation always had a face and a name. The people came to fear even their closest neighbors. At the level of the individual, the community, and the nation, people sought signs of others’ ill intentions; and everywhere they looked, they found them, for this is what looking does.

  Bernard Beckett

  Believe, Names, Media

  "Genesis". Book by Bernard Beckett, 2006.

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• A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed.

  Coco Chanel

  Fashion, Naked, Well Dressed

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• Judge the Catholic Church not by those who barely live by its spirit, but by the example of those who live closest to it.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Judging, Catholic, Church

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• Which is the best religion? [...] The religion that brings you closest to God.

  Howard Storm

  Science, Religion, Near Death Experience

  "My Descent Into Death: A Second Chance At Life". Book by Howard Storm (p. 73), February 15, 2005.

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• A good joke is the closest thing we have to divine revelation.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Divine Revelation, Revelations, Theologian

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• "Taste is not only a part and index of morality, it is the only morality. The first, and last, and closest trial question to any living creature is "What do you like?" Tell me what you like, I'll tell you what you are."

  John Ruskin

  Lasts, Taste, Firsts

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• I have always maintained that translation is essentially the closest reading one can possibly give a text. The translator cannot ignore "lesser" words, but must consider every jot and tittle.

  Gregory Rabassa

  Reading, Giving, Language

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• I discovered at 18 that singing and songwriting was my strength. I decided that it was closest to my heart and if I pursued it then there would be no competition. I would just live my life being myself and living my dream.

  Jason Mraz

  Music, Dream, Heart

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• I'd hate to compare anyone with Sugar Ray Robinson, but Donald is the closest thing to Robinson I've ever seen

  Dave Gorman

  Hate, Boxing, Rays

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• A break up is the closest thing to bereavement

  Lindsey Kelk

  Bereavement, Break

  Lindsey Kelk (2013). “Lindsey Kelk 2-Book Bestsellers Collection: About a Girl, I Heart New York”, p.34, HarperCollins UK

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• The notes sound like they're coming from inside your mind... It was the closest thing to a psychedelic experience I've ever had.

  Robin Pecknold

  Mind, Sound, Psychedelic

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• Keeping the truth from the people closest to you is how you'll survive, and how you'll protect them if anything ever goes wrong.

  Harry Morgan

  People, Protect, Ifs

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• We always find that those who walked closest to Christ were those who had to bear the greatest trials.

  Teresa of Avila

  Religious, Catholic, Suffering

  St. Teresa of Avila (2002). “Complete Works St. Teresa Of Avila”, p.345, A&C Black

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• It's the closest to death I have ever been. The chemotherapy takes you as far down into hell as you've ever, ever been.

  Melissa Etheridge

  Cancer, Hell, Chemotherapy

  "Stone Phillips: 15 Years of Dateline". "Dateline" NBC (The Profiles in Courage) with Stone Phillips, www.nbcnews.com. July 2, 2007.

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• A close contact with nature has been a focus of my life since childhood and has been my inspiration both professionally and personally. I believe that for most of us, most of the time, it is in the everyday experience of beauty, certainly in nature and in music, that we sense a heaven half-revealed and come closest to the true meaning of reality.

  Densey Clyne

  Beauty, Nature, Believe

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